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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 […]

Tom Cruise has thought about taking Mission: Impossible into space

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With the latest chapter Mission: Impossible – Fallout setting a franchise high opening weekend at the box office, the Mission: Impossible franchise is certainly showing no signs of slowing down despite being six entries and 22 years into its run. Given the critical and commercial success of Fallout, a seventh entry in the series 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 […]

Mission: Impossible – Fallout has no deleted scenes says director Christopher McQuarrie

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The theatrical cut of Mission: Impossible – Fallout is all there is according to director Christopher McQuarrie, who has revealed that his film has no deleted scenes. The sixth film in the long-running Mission: Impossible franchise has proven to be a massive hit with both critics and now with audiences at cinemas. But for those […]

Movie Review – Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018)

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Mission: Impossible – Fallout, 2018. Directed by Christopher McQuarrie. Starring Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Henry Cavill, Angela Bassett, Alex Baldwin, Sean Harris, Vanessa Kirby, Michelle Monaghan, and Wes Bentley.   SYNOPSIS: Ethan Hunt and his IMF team, along with some familiar allies, race against time after a mission gone wrong. So […]

Mission: Impossible – Fallout sets a franchise high $153.5 million worldwide opening

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Coming off the back of stellar reviews [read ours here, here and here], Mission: Impossible – Fallout kicked off its box office run this weekend, with the six instalment in the Tom Cruise-headlined spy series setting a franchise high worldwide opening of $153.5 million. Fallout – directed by Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation helmer Christopher […]

Mission: Impossible – Fallout director explains why Jeremy Renner isn’t in the movie

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Christopher McQuarrie, director of Mission: Impossible – Fallout, has explained why Jeremy Renner didn’t return for the movie. Fallout is proving quite the hit with critics, with many praising it as one of the best action films in recent memory. Tom Cruise and other familiar faces are returning for the film but Jeremy Renner is […]

Watch red carpet interviews from the UK premiere of Mission: Impossible – Fallout

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No one could accuse Tom Cruise of resting on his laurels. As the star, producer and resident daredevil in chief of the Mission: Impossible franchise, he has continued to push the boundaries of action cinema well into his fifties. The latest outing for the IMF is Mission: Impossible – Fallout, which sees Cruise’s Ethan Hunt […]

Second Opinion – Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018)

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Mission: Impossible – Fallout, 2018. Directed by Christopher McQuarrie. Starring Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, Rebecca Ferguson, Henry Cavill, Sean Harris, Vanessa Kirby, Angela Bassett and Alec Baldwin. SYNOPSIS: Ethan Hunt must deal with a returning terrorist villain, a new group of zealots and an interfering CIA operative in his latest very improbable mission. […]

Movie Review – Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018)

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Mission: Impossible – Fallout, 2018. Directed by Christopher McQuarrie. Starring Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, Rebecca Ferguson, Henry Cavill, Sean Harris, Vanessa Kirby, Angela Bassett, Alec Baldwin, and Sian Brooke. SYNOPSIS: Two years have passed since Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) prevented the Syndicate from destroying IMF, but as with all terrorist organisations, a new […]