Mission: Impossible 7 and 8 will reportedly see Tom Cruise step out as Ethan Hunt for the last time as the action-packed film series reaches its final "culmination."
According to a report from Variety, an unnamed insider has indicated that the seventh and eighth Mission: Impossible films will serve as a "culmination" of the entire film series and deliver a "sendoff" for Cruise's Ethan Hunt character, who has been the face of the franchise since 1996 when the first installment of the spy thriller series hit theaters.
The first entry, directed by Brian De Palma, became the third highest-grossing movie of the year and went on to spawn a monumental franchise, spanning more than two decades with six entries up to now. The most recent installment, 2018's Mission: Impossible - Fallout, turned out to be the best-reviewed and highest-grossing film in the franchise to date.
The next two sequels in the long-running series were originally meant to be filmed back-to-back, however, the production suffered numerous delays as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The shifts in the shooting schedule then caused conflicts with Cruise and his other commitments, including promotional duties for Top Gun: Maverick.
As a further consequence of these delays, Paramount Pictures and Skydance have postponed the release dates of Mission: Impossible 7 and 8 multiple times. The latest update came at the beginning of the year when it was announced that the two beleaguered films have been delayed once again, and will now be released in 2023 and 2024.
Variety reports that part of the reasoning for the release dates being moved is that Cruise wants the eighth film, which is about to go into production in South Africa, to wrap production before the seventh film is released because the seventh entry apparently ends on a cliffhanger, and Cruise is keen to make sure that the two parts fit together seamlessly.
Adele Ankers-Range is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow her on Twitter.
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According to a report from Variety, an unnamed insider has indicated that the seventh and eighth Mission: Impossible films will serve as a "culmination" of the entire film series and deliver a "sendoff" for Cruise's Ethan Hunt character, who has been the face of the franchise since 1996 when the first installment of the spy thriller series hit theaters.
The first entry, directed by Brian De Palma, became the third highest-grossing movie of the year and went on to spawn a monumental franchise, spanning more than two decades with six entries up to now. The most recent installment, 2018's Mission: Impossible - Fallout, turned out to be the best-reviewed and highest-grossing film in the franchise to date.
The next two sequels in the long-running series were originally meant to be filmed back-to-back, however, the production suffered numerous delays as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The shifts in the shooting schedule then caused conflicts with Cruise and his other commitments, including promotional duties for Top Gun: Maverick.
As a further consequence of these delays, Paramount Pictures and Skydance have postponed the release dates of Mission: Impossible 7 and 8 multiple times. The latest update came at the beginning of the year when it was announced that the two beleaguered films have been delayed once again, and will now be released in 2023 and 2024.
Variety reports that part of the reasoning for the release dates being moved is that Cruise wants the eighth film, which is about to go into production in South Africa, to wrap production before the seventh film is released because the seventh entry apparently ends on a cliffhanger, and Cruise is keen to make sure that the two parts fit together seamlessly.
Adele Ankers-Range is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow her on Twitter.
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