Mission: Impossible 7 Ending Will Have A Cliffhanger Ending

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The upcoming Mission: Impossible 7 will have a cliffhanger ending, according to a new report. The next movie in the long-running action franchise will again see series star Tom Cruise team up with Christopher McQuarrie, who also directed the previous two installments. After experiencing a number of pandemic-related shooting delays, the Mission: Impossible 7 release date is currently scheduled for July 14, 2023.

While Cruise has played Impossible Mission Force agent Ethan Hunt on screen since 1996, the character's run in the star-driven franchise is nearing its end, with Mission: Impossible 8 expected to be his last entry. This has naturally inspired the creative team to go big with the two movies yet to come, and while the original plan to shoot Mission: Impossible 7 & 8 back-to-back was eventually nixed by Paramount, the making of the two projects remains inextricably linked. Mission: Impossible 7 is currently in post-production, but Cruise & Co. are reluctant to lock the movie until they get further along on Mission: Impossible 8, the filming of which is currently underway.

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This is, according to a report from THR,in part because Mission: Impossible 7 will have a cliffhanger ending. The Mission: Impossible filming process is famously chaotic, often progressing to each scene with little more than an outline, and Cruise, who has creative control of the series, wants the freedom to change the ending of 7 as the story of 8 develops. Additionally, keeping both movies going at the same time makes it difficult for Paramount to impose budget restrictions on the series-ending Mission: Impossible 8.

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