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Christopher McQuarrie teases major Mission: Impossible 6 stunt sequence

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The Mission: Impossible series has become well known for its jaw-dropping stunt set pieces, and with the currently-in-production sixth instalment, director Christopher McQuarrie has promised something that will top the insanity of the Burj Khalifa and plane sequences in Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol and Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation. What this sequence we don’t […]

Michelle Monaghan returning for Mission: Impossible 6

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Christopher McQuirrie’s Mission: Impossible 6 will see another returning face to the franchise. The director posted a picture of Michelle Monaghan to his Instagram account without a comment, but it’s quite clear she’s on the set of the latest film.Monaghan was introduced in J.J. Abrams’ Mission: Impossible 3 as Julia Meade, the fiance to Tom Cruise’s then-retired IMF agent […]

Director Christopher McQuarrie talks Mission: Impossible 6 and taking the series in a new direction

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As filming continues on Mission: Impossible 6, director Christopher McQuarrie has taken a break from the production to chat to Scriptnotes (via Collider) about the latest entry in the blockbuster spy series. McQuarrie, who also helmed Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation and becomes the first director to return to the series for a second outing, discussed […]

Mission: Impossible 6 enlists Angela Bassett as CIA director

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As filming continues on Mission: Impossible 6, Deadline is reporting that Oscar nominee Angela Bassett has signed on to portray the new Director of the CIA. Bassett has recently wrapped her work on Marvel’s Black Panther, and will follow up her Impossible Mission exploits with the new series 911, which she is also executive producing […]

Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation opens to $56 million; second-biggest opening of the franchise

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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 a […]

Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation opens big in China

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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, and […]

Exclusive Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation Ving Rhames character profile

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Ahead of its release this week, we’ve got an exclusive character profile for Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, featuring Ving Rhames’ Luther Stickell; check it out here… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y70K8-GFjso SEE ALSO: Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation featurette and director and cast interviews With the IMF disbanded, and Ethan (Tom Cruise) out in the cold, the team […]

Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation tracking soft at the box office

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We are less than an fortnight away from the return of Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt in the fifth Mission: Impossible film, Rogue Nation, but it may face a slight uphill battle at the box office if early estimates are to be believed, reports Variety.Opening on July 31st, Rogue Nation is tracking behind many of […]

Mission: Impossible 6 already in early development

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We’ve still got over two months to go before the release of Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, but it seems that Paramount Pictures is already planning Tom Cruise’s next impossible mission.According to The Tracking Board, Paramount, Bad Robot and Skydance Productions are already in early development on Mission: Impossible 6, which will see Cruise returning […]

The Joys of Old School Practical Effects

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Tom Jolliffe looks at the use of old school effects and filming techniques and whether they still have a place in the CGI age…Computers are a wonderful thing. The computer generated image has take cinema up to a point where almost limitless creative possibilities are at a film-makers disposable. You can create a whole sequence […]