Mission: Impossible—The Final Reckoning

Release Date: May 23
Cast: Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, 
In the two decades since the release of the original groundbreaking spy drama, the makers of the Mission Impossible franchise have managed to capture the attention of cinemagoers across generations. Tom Cruise returns as Ethan Hunt for what is believed to be the final edition of the franchise as he prepares to fight against the powerful AI known as “the Entity”. In the month-old teaser-trailer that was cut for the film, the makers took fans on a nostalgic ride by featuring footage from the Brian De Palma-directed 1996 film Mission: Impossible. That the dialogue writers succeeded in teasing fans was evident in the outpouring of love that they received on social media, with fans reacting to Hunt’s concluding appeal: “I need you to trust me, one last time.”

A direct sequel to 2022’s Mission: Impossible—Dead Reckoning, this edition has also been helmed by Christopher McQuarri, who has directed every Mission Impossible offering since 2015’s Rogue Nation. Accompanying Cruise in his final mission as an IMF agent will be Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Pom Klementieff and Greg Tarzan Davis.