’Mission: Impossible 8’: Everything To Know About New Tom Cruise Movie (2024)

’Mission: Impossible 8’: Everything To Know About New Tom Cruise Movie (1)

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Has Tom Cruise’s student become the master? Close, but not quite.

Cruise is still going strong at 62 years old (nearly the same age as Jack Lemmon when he made Grumpy Old Men) with multiple projects in production, including Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s next film, a rumored Top Gun 3 and Edge of Tomorrow 2, the movie where he goes to space, and, of course, Mission: Impossible 8. The retitled sequel to 2023’s thrilling Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One started filming in 2022 before production shut down due to the SAG-AFTRA strike. Cameras resumed rolling earlier this year, and Cruise is once again risking his life for our entertainment. Bless him.

Here’s everything we know about Mission: Impossible 8, including plot details, the cast, and release date.

Plot

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One ended with AI threatening to take over the world (couldn’t relate) and Ethan Hunt and friends needing to find a submarine. Mission: Impossible 8 will presumably take place shortly after the events of that film, but director and co-writer (and Taylor Swift fan) Christopher McQuarrie has mostly kept quiet about specific plot details. He did, however, reveal that they filmed in South Africa and the Arctic. “Tom and I are always trying to get the big sh*t out of the way first,” he told Empire. “South Africa was intense. The aerial sequence is… It’s just outrageous.”

To quote an I Think You Should Leave legend, gimme dat.

Mission: Impossible 8 will also have an underwater sequence that fixes a pet peeve of Cruise’s. “Tom and I are constantly reevaluating our own work and asking ourselves how we could have done it better. We’ve done underwater sequences previously. We’ve worked underwater in Edge of Tomorrow, and we worked underwater in Rogue Nation, and we left very dissatisfied with those sequences,” McQuarrie told Collider. “And we analyze why we were dissatisfied. What were all the factors working against us? The biggest being, not having real knowledge in that area.” Now they do.

As for Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning was split into two films (even if Mission: Impossible 8 lost the “Dead Reckoning” subtitle), McQuarrie explained, “I knew I wanted to expand the cast, and I knew I wanted to give each one of those characters more to do, so I knew the movie was going to be bigger and longer than [Mission: Impossible – Fallout]. And at which point I said, ‘Why are we fighting this? Why are we going to try to jam this into two hours? Let’s just break it in half and make it two movies.’ That really was the rationale behind it being a two-part movie. It just it wasn’t just that the story was bigger but that we wanted more emotion in the movie.”

Cast

Tom Cruise will be back for Mission: Impossible 8, obviously. Other confirmed cast members include Ving Rhames, Henry Czerny, Simon Pegg, Vanessa Kirby, Esai Morales, Hayley Atwell, Shea Whigham, Pom Klementieff, and Frederick Schmidt. Could Rebecca Ferguson return as well, despite what happened to Ilsa Faust in Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One?

“To speak very clearly — because I know a lot of people are sad about it, I’m sad about it — I had filmed three films. My deal was done. And I love her beyond words. Beyond words. I think she’s the most awesome, fantastic character,” the Silo actress said on the UnWrapped podcast. “Selfishly, that’s a lot of time to make a Mission film. And unless you’re going to have a lot of screen time, that’s a lot of time sitting around waiting to film a huge movie that could take over a year to film. It’s dedication.” That sounds like a no.

At least we’ll always have the opera scene.

Release Date

Mission: Impossible 8 is scheduled for release on May 23, 2025.

Trailer

No trailer.

But I have something more important to discuss: what’s your favorite Tom Cruise stunt in the Mission: Impossible movies? Is it the vault scene in the original, or the time he rode a motorcycle off a cliff? I’m partial to the Burj Khalifa sequence in Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol. Cruise really initiated the death-defying version of ghost protocol with this one.

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FAQs

What will Mission: Impossible 8 be about? ›

Will there be a Mission: Impossible 9? ›

At this point, Mission: Impossible 8 is the only sequel officially confirmed to be in development. However, Cruise and longtime franchise director Christopher McQuarrie have hinted at the possibility of a Mission: Impossible 9. Paramount, however, has not confirmed that a ninth installment will happen.

What is the new Mission: Impossible about? ›

With control of the future and the fate of the world at stake, a deadly race around the globe begins. Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan is forced to consider that nothing can matter more than the mission -- not even the lives of those he cares about most. Our lives are the sum of our choices.

Did Tom Cruise free climb in Mission: Impossible? ›

The famous rock climbing sequence was filmed at Dead Horse Point in Utah. Tom Cruise was on cables which were then digitally removed. Ron Kauk was the climbing double and the overhang stunt was performed by main stunt double Keith Campbell.

Who is Tom Cruise's son? ›

What does the CIA stand for in Mission Impossible? ›

Logo of the Central Intelligence Agency. The Central Intelligence Agency, or CIA, is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the U.S. Government, tasked with gathering, processing and analyzing national security information from around the world, primarily through the use of human intelligence (HUMINT).

Will Jeremy Renner ever return to Mission: Impossible? ›

Renner never returned to the “Mission: Impossible” franchise after “Rogue Nation,” although he recently told Collider that he would be open to coming back. “I was supposed to do more with them,” Renner said of the “Mission: Impossible” cast. “I love those guys. I love Tom so much.

What happened to Ethan Hunt's wife? ›

It was revealed in that film that Meade's death was faked as a way of keeping her safe. Obviously, her marriage with Hunt didn't last. Writer and director Christopher McQuarrie posted Monaghan's photo on his Instagram account confirming that Monaghan will be reprising her role in Mission: Impossible 6.

What is the plot of Mission: Impossible 9? ›

IMF agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) travels to the Empty Quarter of the Arabian Desert and successfully retrieves a key piece from disavowed MI6 agent Ilsa Faust (Rebecca Ferguson). He also fakes her death to ensure she survives a bounty of $50 million placed by an unknown source.

Will Ilsa be in Mission Impossible 8? ›

Tom Cruise will, of course, be back as Ethan Hunt, but Mission: Impossible 7 wasn't without its casualties. Ethan's long-running IMF cohorts Luther Stickell (Ving Rhames) and Benji Dunn (Simon Pegg) will be back, but Rebecca Ferguson's Ilsa Faust was killed by Gabriel (Esai Morales) so won't be returning.

Why is it called Dead Reckoning? ›

The original intention of "dead" in the term is generally assumed to mean using a stationary object that is "dead in the water" as a basis for calculations. Additionally, at the time the first appearance of "dead reckoning", "ded" was considered a common spelling of "dead".

Why did Peter leave Mission: Impossible? ›

Rejected agents' pictures were in black-and-white. When Greg Morris was invited to the premiere of "Mission: Impossible (1996)", he was so upset by the plot, he walked out. Peter Graves was also upset that Jim Phelps was portrayed as a double-agent.

Does Tom Cruise do all his own stunts in Mission: Impossible? ›

He does whatever action sequences the director and the stunt coordinator agree it is safe and appropriate for him to do. He is a very physical performer and capable of doing many action scenes that other actors would not do.

Was Tom Cruise actually on a train in Mission: Impossible? ›

The latest “Dead Reckoning” behind-the-scenes featurette confirms that Cruise and Morales, the latter of whom plays the film's villain, shot the fight scene practically, meaning they were literally strapped to the top of a train as it sped through a valley in Norway.

Did Tom Cruise jump off the building in Mission Impossible 3? ›

The Skyscraper Jump – MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE III

But Cruise did jump from the top of a set built several stories high, allowing the camera to begin close on his face and follow as he runs, then leaps off the roof. No matter who you are, falling multiple stories while attached to a cable is no easy day at work.

Which Mission Impossible is fall out? ›

Mission: Impossible – Fallout is a 2018 American action spy film written and directed by Christopher McQuarrie. The sequel to Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015), it is the sixth installment in the Mission: Impossible film series.

Is Julia in Mission: Impossible 8? ›

In Dead Reckoning, she just doesn't exist. Towards the end there's even a montage of the women he protects, where we erase Julia and add Marie. Julia played a key role in three movies and now she's just gone from Ethan's drive for protection.

Is Mission Impossible in 5 4 or 10 8? ›

What do the Mission Impossible theme song, Radiohead's Morning Bell, and the Dave Brubeck jazz classic Take Five have in common? It might not seem obvious, but they're all played in 5/4 time signatures.

What is the main plot of Mission Impossible? ›

Synopsis. Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) is an agent of an Impossible Missions Force (IMF) team led by Jim Phelps (Jon Voight). The team assembles for a mission in Prague to prevent a US diplomat from selling the (NOC) list - a list of all covert agents in Eastern Europe. The mission goes wrong with Hunt the sole survivor.

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