Mission: Impossible 7 revealed a trailer at CinemaCon, which featured the first look at footage from the latest entry in the franchise. Christopher McQuarrie is back directing the sequel, having helmed the last two films in the series. The film brings back Tom Cruise as IMF agent Ethan Hunt, once again taking his stunt work to the next level in the ever-expanding franchise. Returning for the film are Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby, and Henry Czerny's Eugene Kittridge, who hasn't been seen since the 1996 original.
Also joining the film, which is set to be a two-part feature, is Esai Morales as the main villain, Cary Elwes, Pom Klementieff, Hayley Atwell, Rob Delaney, and Shea Whigham. Mission: Impossible 7 has suffered a number of production delays due to the pandemic, as well as numerous release delays, originally slated to debut in July 2021 and now set for July 14, 2023. Filming on Mission: Impossible 8 is currently underway, which is also being helmed by McQuarrie and is set to debut on June 28, 2024.
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During Paramount's CinemaCon presentation, Cruise appeared in a video message to the crowd of exhibitors and press, announcing the new title of the film, Mission: Impossible: Dead Reckoning — Part 1, as well as introducing the first trailer for the film. Numerous attendees shared their reactions, including Erik Davis and Barry Hertz, amongst others, which paints a portrait of yet another Cruise-led stunt-heavy, action blockbuster. Here's a tease of what the footage showed:
The footage opens with Cruise holding onto a plane for dear life as it flies over a canyon in South Africa when a mysterious voice says “your days
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