It looks like Rebecca Ferguson will be joining the Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation reunion with Tom Cruise and director Christopher McQuarrie, with Showbiz 411 reporting that the actress is set to return for Mission: Impossible 6. The latest instalment of the spy series not only marks the first time a director has returned for […]
Christopher McQuarrie signs on for Mission: Impossible 6
Last week it was reported that Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions were in talks with Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation helmer Christopher McQuarrie about a return to the franchise for the sixth instalment, and now the writer and director has taken to Twitter to announce that he’s chosen to accept the mission… https://twitter.com/chrismcquarrie/status/671368435650179072 Mission: Impossible […]
Christopher McQuarrie to write Mission: Impossible 6, may also direct
Variety is reporting that Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions are in final talks Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation writer-director Christopher McQuarrie to return to the franchise to pen the script for the sixth instalment, as well as possibly directing. Should they reach a deal with McQuarrie, it would mark the first time in the series that […]
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation becomes China’s highest grossing 2D Hollywood release
Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation has continued to break records upon its release in China this past weekend by becoming the highest-grossing 2D Hollywood film of all time. The Christopher McQuarrie-directed action spectacular from Paramount and Skydance has now earned over $124 million since its release on September 8th, surpassing Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar, […]
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation opens big in China
With the recent news that Terminator Genisys has enjoyed massive success in China over the past few weeks, it looks like Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation is set for a similar run. Opening in China on Tuesday, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation earned a huge $18.5 million, enjoying the fifth biggest debut in history for a US production, […]
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation hits $400 million worldwide
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation has crossed the $400 million mark at the global box office, with the fifth instalment of the spy series having grossed $146.1 million domestically and $259.2 million from international markets for a worldwide haul of $405.3 million and counting. SEE ALSO: Read our reviews of Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation […]
Ranking the Mission: Impossible franchise
Simon Columb ranks the Mission: Impossible franchise… Where were you in 1996? It’s weird to imagine Katie Holmes watched Mission Impossible in 1996 like all of us. Young, impressionable and excited by the new action film with Cruise at the centre of it. Then, ten years later, she’s married to him and giving birth (without […]
Movie Review – Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015)
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, 2015. Directed by Christopher McQuarrie. Starring Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, Rebecca Ferguson, Sean Harris and Alec Baldwin. SYNOPSIS: Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yet, eradicating the Syndicate – an International rogue organization as highly skilled as they are, committed to destroying the […]
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation opens to $56 million; second-biggest opening of the franchise
Having received a variety of rave reviews (read ours here and here and listen to the podcast review here), it seems as though there is still some life and fun to be had in the Mission: Impossible franchise. Early reports had it down that Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, the fifth in the series, would have […]
Respect for Tom Cruise
Matthew Lee on his respect for Tom Cruise… Since 2006, Tom Cruise has been reduced to, for lack of a better phrase, a global joke; a quick source for derision, slander, and mockery among the A-List Hollywood performers for the masses to prod at. There was his Jumping the Couch moment on Oprah, the uncomfortable […]