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Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol originally saw Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt retire

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Apparently, the original ending for Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol actually saw Ethan Hunt retire from his role as a field agent and Tom Cruise stepping aside as star. To many, the Mission: Impossible franchise has gone from strength to strength and it’s almost impossible to think of the series surviving without Tom Cruise’s Ethan […]

Rebecca Ferguson confirms Ilsa Faust return in Mission: Impossible 7

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Actress Rebecca Ferguson has confirmed on the ITV programme Lorraine that she’ll be reuniting with co-star Tom Cruise and director Christopher McQuarrie on the seventh instalment of the Mission: Impossible franchise. Ferguson made her debut as former MI6 agent Ilsa Faust in 2015’s Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, and reprised the role for last year’s […]

Mission: Impossible 7 and 8 release dates set by Paramount

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Last month it was announced that director Christopher McQuarrie (Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, Mission: Impossible – Fallout) is set to reunite with Tom Cruise for two further instalments in the blockbuster spy series, and now studio Paramount Pictures has set official release dates for the movies. As per Variety, Mission: Impossible 7 is set […]

Christopher McQuarrie set to direct back-to-back Mission Impossible films

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After the success of Mission Impossible: Fallout, Christopher McQuarrie is accepting the mission for making more films. Variety is reporting that McQuarrie is returning to direct the next two films in the franchise, shooting them back-to-back. At the time of reporting, the films will see a summer 2021 and summer 2022 release date. Sources tell Variety that they […]

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 passes $500 million worldwide

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Having set a franchise high opening last month, Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions’ acclaimed spy sequel Mission: Impossible – Fallout has now taken its box office haul beyond the $500 million mark. The film, which marks Tom Cruise’s sixth outing as Ethan Hunt, has pulled in $180.7 million domestically, with a further $320.7 million internationally, […]

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 […]