Tom Cruise is risking it all again in the new trailer for Mission Impossible: Final Reckoning.
The 62-year-old actor, famous for doing his own stunts, showed off his adventurous side as he performed a series of daring stunts that have become a hallmark of the franchise.
In the new trailer, fans get a glimpse back through some of the film franchise’s most iconic moments, as Ethan pleads with his team to ‘trust him one last time.’
Reprising his role as the titular hero Ethan Hunt, Cruise takes on his biggest mission yet, after a tense cliffhanger saw the spy determined to track down cyber weapon The Entity.
A voice narrates: ‘Everything you were, everything you’ve done, has come to this.
‘When the need for certainty is absolute and the odds are deemed impossible, the mission falls to him, should he choose to accept.’
Tom Cruise is risking it all again in the new trailer for Mission Impossible: Final Reckoning
A voice narrates: ‘Everything you were, everything you’ve done, has come to this.
‘When the need for certainty is absolute and the odds are deemed impossible, the mission falls to him, should he choose to accept.’
The preview offers glimpses of Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg and Vanessa Kirby, while Esai Morales returns as the villainous Gabriel.
As Ethan battles to find the mysterious Entity, he’ll face some of his biggest stunts yet, including being forced to dangle from a World War II plane.
Tom himself revealed the film’s title for the first time on Instagram in January, sharing a snap of the film’s poster with caption: ‘Every choice has led to this.’
The film, which has faced multiple delays, is finally due to hit cinemas on May 23 2025.
The filming of the UK scenes of the eighth instalment of the Mission Impossible franchise initially took place between March and December 2022.
Production on the eighth film had originally halted so that the cast could promote Part One, and then the SAG-AFTRA strike began causing further delays.
Production restarted soon after, but was suspended in July due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strikes.
Filming resumed in March 2024, but came to another halt in May, allegedly due to a faulty gimbal (a camera tool).
The 62-year-old actor, famous for doing his own stunts, showed off his adventurous side as he performed a series of daring stunts that have become a hallmark of the franchise
Cruise stars as Ethan Hunt, an agent of the Impossible Mission Force (IMF)
The preview offers glimpses of Hayley Atwell , Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg and Vanessa Kirby , while Esai Morales returns as the villainous Gabriel
It was previously reported that the Minority Report star was learning to fly a World War II plane for the eighth installment of the action franchise.
A source told The Sun : ‘Tom had started to learn to fly a Boeing Stearman biplane earlier this year for a major stunt scene in Mission: Impossible 8.
‘It’s obviously a highly skilled task but as usual he has no plans to cut any corners or bring in a stuntman.’
The insider went on: ‘Filming has only just wrapped on Mission: Impossible 7 but Tom has not given himself a break. And trying to film jaw-dropping scenes with an 80-year-old plane is particularly dangerous.’
Mission Impossible 8 was originally meant to be filmed back-to-back with Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, which raked in over half a billion at box office.
If not for the strikes, MI:8 would have been with fans by the end of summer: its scheduled release date is now May 23, 2025.
In the new trailer, fans get a glimpse back through some of the film franchise’s most iconic moments, as Ethan pleads with his team to ‘trust him one last time’
As Ethan battles to find the mysterious Entity, he’ll face some of his biggest stunts yet, including being forced to dangle from a World War II plane
The film, which has faced multiple delays, is finally due to hit cinemas on May 23 2025
Filming for Mission Impossible 8 was hit by a string of delays, including the SAF-AFTRA strikes in 2023
As well as Tom, the eighth Mission Impossible film will also see the return of Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, Hayley Atwell, Pom Klementieff, and Vanessa Kirby.
It is hoped that the actor will not have to resort to desperately begging studio bosses to extend the film’s run this time around.
When the seventh film hit cinemas, the actor was concerned about Oppenheimer overshadowing the film, as it required the same limited screens.
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One underperformed at the box office compared to the previous films in the franchise, despite Tom’s attempts to extend its run.
He was proved right as Oppenheimer achieved almost $400 million more than Mission: Impossible at box office.
The Mission: Impossible film series began in 1996 and is based on the 1966 television series of the same name.
