After an extensive delay due to the pandemic and the SAG-AFTRA actors’ strike shortly thereafter, the next episode in the Mission: Impossible franchise will finally arrive next year with a May 23, 2025 release date in the US. The trailer for the next film, titled Mission: Impossible – The Final ReckoningOut today (November 11), Tom Cruise stars as Ethan Hunt at the center of a new dangerously tense operation. You can watch it below.
Initially tipped to get a title Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two, the next installment in the film franchise will be a direct sequel to Mission: Impossible – dead reckoning (2023) which is in our list of best Paramount Plus movies. In addition to the return of Tom Cruise as lead actor and producer, Christopher McQuarrie returns as director and co-writer after his involvement in previous films Rogue state (2015) and Fallout (2018).
In addition to Cruise and McQuarrie, a number of other actors are featured in the first trailer to be released for what could be the final film in the series. The next biggest return after Cruise and McQuarrie is Angela Bassett, who is set to reprise her role as CIA Director Erika Sloane, a character first introduced in Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018). Additionally, Simon Pegg, Vanessa Kirby and Hayley Atwell are all lined up to return. They are joined by new cast members Hannah Waddingham, Janet McTeer and Katy O’Brian.
Tom Cruise is once again a master stunt performer in yet another exciting trailer for his action film series. Between deep sea diving, shooting through the city of London and more knife fights, the trailer teases that Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning could be the final operation for Cruise as Ethan Hunt.
Mission: Complete – Is this it for Ethan Hunt?
We had previously reported that the seventh and eighth episodes of the Mission: ImpossibleThe franchise would be Tom Cruise’s last as Ethan Hunt, and based on the new trailer and the film’s title, it looks like our speculation could be correct. When Cruise unveiled the movie poster on Instagram, even his caption, “Every choice led to this,” was a strong indication that we may be reaching the final destination on the route. Mission impossible train.
But despite the little clues scattered throughout the trailer and Paramount’s interest in promoting the film as the ‘final’ Mission: Impossible entry, The Hollywood Reporter has drawn attention to Cruise’s reluctance to publicly part ways with Ethan Hunt – revealing the actor told the Sydney Morning Herald: “I hope to keep making Mission: Impossible movies until I (Harrison Ford) grow old”.