Cruise (left) and Holmes: Celebrations galore ahead

Berlin, April 4 (AP): US actor Tom Cruise told Germany’s leading tabloid in its Monday edition that he wanted to tie the knot this summer with fianc?e Katie Holmes, after the birth of their baby and the upcoming release of his new film, Mission Impossible III.

Cruise was in Germany to plug the film on the country’s popular Wetten Dass ... (I’ll Bet...) TV show. He said on the show on Saturday that two pilots were at the ready to fly him home should Holmes go into labour.

“If Katie calls, I’m gone,” Cruise said, insisting that he wanted to be present at the birth of their first child.

Cruise confirmed to Bild that he and Holmes planned to marry in the coming months.

“First the baby, then the film,” he was quoted as saying. “Then, in summer, we want to get married. I won’t let this woman get away.”

Cruise is both starring in and co-producing the third installment in the Mission Impossible series, filmed in China and Italy. The film is due to be released on May 5, 2006.