Ethan Hunt is back — the Mission: Impossible 7 trailer has officially premiered, giving audiences a first look at the first part of Dead Reckoning, the highly anticipated two-part conclusion to Tom Cruise's tenure as the international spy. It seems as if the Mission: Impossible franchise has only grown in popularity, with the sixth entry, Fallout, earning considerable acclaim and a massive box office take, capping off at almost $800 million. It was announced soon after Fallout's release that the seventh and eighth films in the Mission: Impossible franchise would be filmed back-to-back, but since then, the movies have faced a tough road to theaters.
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic turned the production of Mission: Impossible 7 and 8 into an even bigger effort spearheaded by Cruise's desire to top himself once again. Christopher McQuarrie is returning to direct both movies, the first of which has been officially titled Dead Reckoning Part 1. In addition to a returning cast that includes Cruise, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, and Vanessa Kirby several new faces have joined the franchise. Marvel's Hayley Atwell will presumably play a major role, while Pom Klementieff, Rob Delaney, Cary Elwes, and Indira Varma will also star. Additionally, Henry Czerny returns as Eugene Kittridge, the former director of IMF that hasn't been seen since the first Mission: Impossible.
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Now, Paramount finally premieres first Mission: Impossible 7 trailer after it was shown earlier this year at CinemaCon. After first revealing the return of Czerny as Kittridge, the trailer moves into classic Mission: Impossible mode, showing a montage of the players at
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