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Henry Cavill and Alec Baldwin may return for Mission: Impossible sequels

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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

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UPDATE: Christopher McQuarrie has responded on Twitter, stating that the rumours are “inaccurate” and “horseshit”. https://twitter.com/chrismcquarrie/status/1085588255838396416 https://twitter.com/chrismcquarrie/status/1085721834111131648 Original story follows… This week it was announced that Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation and Mission: Impossible – Fallout director Christopher McQuarrie will be reuniting with Tom Cruise for two new movies in the blockbuster spy series, with […]

Mission: Impossible – Fallout director explains his rewrites on Ghost Protocol

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 […]

Jeremy Renner turned down a Mission: Impossible – Fallout death scene cameo

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Despite the fact that Hawkeye was absent from the movie, Jeremy Renner’s commitments to the Marvel blockbuster Avengers: Infinity War created a scheduling conflict with Paramount Pictures’ Mission: Impossible – Fallout, which ultimately prevented his character Brandt from appearing in the spy sequel. However, director Christopher McQuarrie has revealed to Empire (via Collider) that he […]