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Guardians of the Galaxy star Pom Klementieff joins Mission: Impossible 7 & 8

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Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy star Pom Klementieff, who portrays the character Mantis in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, has joined the cast of Mission: Impossible 7 & 8. Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation and Fallout director Christopher MacQuarrie has revealed on Instagram that Klementieff has joined the cast for the next two back-to-back instalments in the hit […]

Christopher McQuarrie denies report that Paramount wants to reshoot Mission: Impossible 5 finale

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Yesterday it was reported by THR that production had been shut down on Mission: Impossible 5 in order to provide time for director Christopher McQuarrie to come up with a “new and improved finale” for the latest chapter of the blockbuster spy series. According to the initial report, Paramount executives were disappointed with the ending […]

Christopher McQuarrie has started pre-production on Mission: Impossible 7 and 8

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It looks like writer/director Christopher McQuarrie has started pre-production on the next two Mission: Impossible instalments. The director took to Instagram to post his work on the “first sketches” for the upcoming two films in the franchise. https://www.instagram.com/p/B2WX-klgVn4/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link   Of course, the sketches don’t give any information anyway because of the way the camera is angled […]

Mission: Impossible director Christopher McQuarrie boards The President Is Missing

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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, […]

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 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 […]