Having recently signed on to write and direct Mission: Impossible 7 and Mission: Impossible 8 back-to-back, Christopher McQuarrie has now added another project to his upcoming slate, with the Oscar-winner set to serve as executive producer on Showtime’s The President Is Missing. Based on the book by James Patterson and former U.S. President Bill Clinton, […]
Henry Cavill and Alec Baldwin may return for Mission: Impossible sequels
Last week it was reported that Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation and Mission: Impossible – Fallout director Christopher McQuarrie has signed on to reunite with Tom Cruise for two more instalments in the blockbuster spy series, which will be shot back-to-back for release in 2021 and 2022 respectively. While we can assume that Cruise’s Ethan […]
UPDATE: Christopher McQuarrie denies reports of turning down DC movies for Mission: Impossible sequels
UPDATE: Christopher McQuarrie has responded on Twitter, stating that the rumours are “inaccurate” and “horseshit”. The stories you’re reading are not accurate. That’s all I can say. — Christopher McQuarrie (@chrismcquarrie) January 16, 2019 It’s all speculation. What I told @colliderfrosty during the #Fallout Q&A was the beginning and end of it. — Christopher McQuarrie […]
Mission: Impossible – Fallout director explains his rewrites on Ghost Protocol
Christopher McQuarrie, the director of Mission: Impossible – Fallout, has explained the reasoning behind this rewrites of Brad Bird’s Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol. The hugely successful Mission: Impossible – Fallout wasn’t director Christopher McQuarrie’s first interaction with the franchise and neither was Rogue Nation, which he also directed. McQuarrie was also brought in to rewrite […]
Mission: Impossible director Christopher McQuarrie thinks the Oscars should add a stunts category
Christopher McQuarrie, director of Mission: Impossible – Fallout, has suggested that the Oscars should add a stunts category to the awards show. There has been a fair amount of talk lately regarding new categories for the Oscars, with a ‘popular film’ category not going down very well with pretty much anyone. But what else should be […]
Mission: Impossible – Fallout director Christopher McQuarrie rewriting Top Gun: Maverick for Tom Cruise
As he prepares to return to the Danger Zone in Top Gun: Maverick, Empire has revealed that Tom Cruise has enlisted his frequent collaborator and Mission: Impossible – Fallout director Christopher McQuarrie to rewrite the screenplay for the sequel to the 80s classic. Top Gun: Maverick will mark the tenth time that Cruise and McQuarrie […]
Christopher McQuarrie explains why he passed on directing Green Lantern Corps
Christopher McQuarrie has explained why he isn’t attached to direct Green Lantern Corps. DC and Warner Bros have been trying for quite some time to get a new Green Lantern movie up and running and there have been a number of high profile stars and directors rumoured to be in contention. One of the biggest […]
Mission: Impossible director rules out Ilsa Faust spinoff movie
After casting her in her breakthrough in Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, director Christopher McQuarrie reunited with actress Rebecca Ferguson on this year’s hit sequel Mission: Impossible – Fallout, where she reprised her role as Ilsa Faust. The former MI6 agent has quickly become a firm fan favourite in the franchise, so much so that there’s […]
Mission: Impossible – Fallout director Christopher McQuarrie helped re-write Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Chris Weitz, Christopher McQuarrie, and a number of others all helped to re-write Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. It’s been common knowledge that Rogue One wasn’t written by a single person, that a number of scriptwriters had a go at the screenplay. But the extent of the re-writes and just how many people had a crack […]
Christopher McQuarrie is wanted for Mission: Impossible 7, but he’s undecided about returning to the director’s chair
With Mission: Impossible – Fallout debuting to a franchise record opening as well as near-universally stellar reviews, it will come as absolutely no surprise to hear that Paramount Pictures and Tom Cruise are already eyeing a seventh instalment in the spy series, nor will it come as a surprise that Fallout helmer Christopher McQuarrie is […]