Hollywood icon Tom Cruise is back to doing what he does best – running, jumping, and generally risking his life for our entertainment in the first trailer for the highly anticipated action sequel, Mission: Impossible 8, which we now know is officially titled Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning. Set to land in theaters on May 23, 2025, courtesy of Paramount Pictures, it looks like the next Mission: Impossible outing will be the last, and will see Cruise once again team-up with the likes of Ving Rhames’ Luther Stickell, Simon Pegg’s Benji Dunn, and Hayley Atwell’s Grace to put a stop to the latest threat to humanity.
You can check out the new trailer for Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning below.
It certainly seems that the rumors were true and Mission: Impossible 8 will be the “final reckoning,” with the footage teasing an assortment of Easter eggs from the franchise’s past, including the knife from the first Mission: Impossible and the mysterious “Rabbit’s Foot” from Mission: Impossible III. Alongside Tom Cruise, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning also stars Ving Rhames as Luther Stickell, Simon Pegg as Benji Dunn, Henry Czerny as Eugene Kittridge, Vanessa Kirby as Alanna Mitsopolis, Hayley Atwell as Grace, Pom Klementieff as Paris, and Shea Whigham as Jasper Briggs, as well as Greg Tarzan Davis, Mariela Garriga, Rolf Saxon, Holt McCallany, Nick Offerman, Frederick Schmidt, Mark Gatiss, Charles Parnell, Janet McTeer, Hannah Waddingham, Lucy Tulugarjuk, Katy O’Brian, Tramell Tillman, and Stephen Oyoung.
Where Did We Leave Off With Ethan Hunt & His Team?
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning will continue to allow Tom Cruise to attempt to fulfill his death wish, with the action sequel already confirmed to feature a sequence in which the actor will hang from an upside-down plane, seemingly with no parachute. No doubt this will just be one of the breathtaking action sequences that will play out as Hunt and his team fight to save everything and everyone.
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The 62-year-old actor isn’t slowing down, as is evident from him hanging upside down from an airplane in Mission: Impossible 8.
We last saw Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt running to save the world in Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning. Released in July last year, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning was directed by Christopher McQuarrie from a screenplay he co-wrote with Erik Jendresen. The Mission: Impossible follow-up finds Cruise back as Ethan Hunt, who this time must save us all from a rogue AI known as “The Entity.” Hunt and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet as they track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity before it falls into the wrong hands. With the fate of the world at stake, a deadly race around the globe begins. Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan must also come to terms with the ghosts of his past and decide how far he is willing to go to complete his mission.
Much like the rest of the Cruise and McQuarrie Mission: Impossible movies, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning was met with rave reviews, and stands at a hugely impressive 96% on Rotten Tomatoes. “With world-threatening stakes and epic set pieces to match that massive title, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One proves this is still a franchise you should choose to accept,” the critics’ consensus reads.
The 8th entry in the long running Mission Impossible franchise. Starring Tom Cruise and Vanessa Kirby.
- Release Date
- May 23, 2025
- Cast
- Tom Cruise , Pom Klementieff , Rebecca Ferguson , Vanessa Kirby , Hayley Atwell , Hannah Waddingham , Simon Pegg , Ving Rhames , Esai Morales , Henry Czerny , Holt McCallany , Nick Offerman , Angela Bassett , Shea Whigham , Charles Parnell
- Studio
- Franchise
- Studio(s)
- Paramount Pictures , Skydance
- Distributor(s)
- Paramount Pictures