'We can do better': Tom Cruise announces two new Mission: Impossible movies
Mark Daniell
Published:
January 15, 2019
Updated:
January 15, 2019 1:09 PM EST
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For Tom Cruise and writer-director Christopher McQuarrie, it’s another Mission accepted.
The star has agreed to reprise his role as IMF agent Ethan Hunt in back-to-back instalments in his long-running Mission: Impossible film series.
The movies will be released in 2021 and 2022.
McQuarrie, who wrote and directed the fifth and sixth entries —Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation and Mission: Impossible — Fallout— will write and direct parts seven and eight,
Cruise, who has played the character since 1996, shared a video to his Twitter and Instagram pages showing the Mission: Impossible logo with fuses burning at both ends, captioning the post, “Summer 2021 and Summer 2022.”
In an interview with the Sun last summer, McQuarrie hinted that Cruise, 56, already had ideas for future instalments.
“No sooner was this movie in the can and out the door that Tom turned to me and said, ‘Here’s what I want to do next,’” McQuarrie said. “In fact, at the premiere in Paris that was the first time Tom and I sat down to watch the film together. The response from the audience was amazing and as the credits rolled and the audience was cheering, Tom turned to me and said, ‘Yeah, we can do better.’”
Marked by a series of death-defying stunts, Fallout featured Cruise performing a HALO (high altitude, low opening) jump, piloting a helicopter, dangling off the side of Norway’s Pulpit Rock, jumping off a building (he broke his ankle on that one) and riding a motorbike in an intricate chase through the streets of Paris.
“The HALO jump was not something we set out to do,” McQuarrie said. “It came up because in the Grand Palais sequence we were trying to figure out how Tom was going to get in. One of the things about Mission is, you don’t go through the front door or out the back door — anyone can do that. You come up with ways to make those two things complicated.”
McQuarrie also revealed he is eyeing a sequel to Edge of Tomorrow – which he wrote – also with Cruise.
“There is such a great core concept that I’m excited to explore, we just all need to find the time,” McQuarrie said.
In a separate interview with the Sun, Cruise’s Mission co-star Simon Pegg said that he hopes future movies won’t shy away from the fact that the characters are getting older.
“If we make a Mission: Impossible when he gets old, then it has to be about Ethan getting too old for this s—,” Pegg said.
Cruise is currently shooting Top Gun: Maverick— a sequel to 1986’s Top Gun in which he reprises his role as Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell. That film hits theatres in June 2020.
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http://torontosun.com/entertainment...e-announces-two-new-mission-impossible-movies
Mark Daniell
Published:
January 15, 2019
Updated:
January 15, 2019 1:09 PM EST
Tom Cruise Is Already Planning For...
featured by
For Tom Cruise and writer-director Christopher McQuarrie, it’s another Mission accepted.
The star has agreed to reprise his role as IMF agent Ethan Hunt in back-to-back instalments in his long-running Mission: Impossible film series.
The movies will be released in 2021 and 2022.
McQuarrie, who wrote and directed the fifth and sixth entries —Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation and Mission: Impossible — Fallout— will write and direct parts seven and eight,
Cruise, who has played the character since 1996, shared a video to his Twitter and Instagram pages showing the Mission: Impossible logo with fuses burning at both ends, captioning the post, “Summer 2021 and Summer 2022.”
In an interview with the Sun last summer, McQuarrie hinted that Cruise, 56, already had ideas for future instalments.
“No sooner was this movie in the can and out the door that Tom turned to me and said, ‘Here’s what I want to do next,’” McQuarrie said. “In fact, at the premiere in Paris that was the first time Tom and I sat down to watch the film together. The response from the audience was amazing and as the credits rolled and the audience was cheering, Tom turned to me and said, ‘Yeah, we can do better.’”
Marked by a series of death-defying stunts, Fallout featured Cruise performing a HALO (high altitude, low opening) jump, piloting a helicopter, dangling off the side of Norway’s Pulpit Rock, jumping off a building (he broke his ankle on that one) and riding a motorbike in an intricate chase through the streets of Paris.
“The HALO jump was not something we set out to do,” McQuarrie said. “It came up because in the Grand Palais sequence we were trying to figure out how Tom was going to get in. One of the things about Mission is, you don’t go through the front door or out the back door — anyone can do that. You come up with ways to make those two things complicated.”
McQuarrie also revealed he is eyeing a sequel to Edge of Tomorrow – which he wrote – also with Cruise.
“There is such a great core concept that I’m excited to explore, we just all need to find the time,” McQuarrie said.
In a separate interview with the Sun, Cruise’s Mission co-star Simon Pegg said that he hopes future movies won’t shy away from the fact that the characters are getting older.
“If we make a Mission: Impossible when he gets old, then it has to be about Ethan getting too old for this s—,” Pegg said.
Cruise is currently shooting Top Gun: Maverick— a sequel to 1986’s Top Gun in which he reprises his role as Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell. That film hits theatres in June 2020.
‘Mission: Impossible – Fallout’: Christopher McQuarrie reveals the inspiration for Tom Cruise’s crazy stunts
‘He would jump off that quite happily’: Simon Pegg suggests CN Tower for Tom Cruise’s next ‘Mission: Impossible’ stunt
Why Tom Cruise wanted Michelle Monaghan back for ‘Mission: Impossible — Fallout’
‘Mission: Impossible – Fallout’: Henry Cavill’s arm gun reload scene was improvised
‘Mission: Impossible – Fallout’ review: Tom Cruise delivers best ‘M:I’ movie so far
http://torontosun.com/entertainment...e-announces-two-new-mission-impossible-movies
