Last week it was reported that Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions were in talks with Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation helmer Christopher McQuarrie about a return to the franchise for the sixth instalment, and now the writer and director has taken to Twitter to announce that he’s chosen to accept the mission…
https://twitter.com/chrismcquarrie/status/671368435650179072
Mission: Impossible 6 will mark the first time in the series that a director has returned for a second entry, and the third time that McQuarrie has directed Tom Cruise after Rogue Nation and Jack Reacher. He was also responsible for penning the screenplay for Edge of Tomorrow.
Mission: Impossible 6 is slated for release in 2017, and will begin production after Cruise finishes up with another sequel, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL18yMRIfoszEaHYNDTy5C-cH9Oa2gN5ng&v=G9WslvpHLAo
Originally published November 30, 2015. Updated April 14, 2018.
