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It seems that CAA's thinly veiled threats about Queen Latifah's probable depression-induced self-immolation should Katie Holmes not get a part in low-budget chick buddy-flick Mad Money convinced its producers to take a chance on the part-time actress/full-time chained-at-home mom, as today's Page Six reports that Holmes will soon head off to Louisiana for the shoot. But knowing that a film set on the other side of the country might provide escape opportunities so enticing that even the best-trained war bride wouldn't be able to resist them, clingy enslaver Tom Cruise will reportedly tag along:

Holmes is due to start shooting "Mad Money" - a comedy about three women who plan to steal millions from the Federal Reserve and also starring Diane Keaton and Queen Latifah - in Shreveport, La., in the next month or so. One insider said, "Tom has called producers and told them he will be on set every day.

"He wants to observe what's going on and will probably help Katie out." The couple will likely bring their infant daughter, Suri, along as well.

Jim Acheson, one of the movie's producers, told Page Six, "I don't know if that's the case, so I can't confirm. We are happy to have both Katie and Tom on set."

For his part, the supportive Cruise has promised to keep a much lower profile than the one he maintains on his own movies, hoping that his constant presence won't interfere with the shoot. In a show of good faith to the production that will be hosting his family, he's greatly reduced his customary on-set demands: instead of an entire assist tent staffed with a dozen Scientology massage-therapists ready to knead out the muscle-enturbulating thetans that afflict even the best-conditioned professionals after a 15-hour shoot, Cruise will require just a single card-table in the craft services area containing a copy of Dianetics, a bottle of vitamins, and a specially modified hair-dryer that can induce a healthy sweat in under ten seconds, where cast and crew can enjoy a low-pressure, introductory simulation of the Hubbardian amenities he makes available on his own films.