Here’s the Super Bowl spot for Christopher McQuarrie’s “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning.” Paramount spent around $7M to air the teaser during tonight’s big game.
McQuarrie recently stated that ‘Mission: Impossible 8’ featured "the most difficult thing" the production and Tom Cruise have ever filmed in the franchise, though he did not specify what it was. One look at the teaser, and it might have to do with Cruise dangling upside down from a biplane.
Cruise recently admitted to Empire Magazine that he passed out while performing the plane stunt, which required 20-30 takes to perfect:
When you stick your face out, going over 120 to 130 miles an hour, you’re not getting oxygen. So I had to train myself how to breathe. There were times I would pass out physically; I was unable to get back into the cockpit.
Cruise has described ‘Final Reckoning’ as “an epic, emotional journey of the entire franchise,” an odyssey of sorts. “It’s Homeric,” he told Empire Magazine. Though rumors have pointed towards that direction, no word yet on whether this will be Cruise’s last hurrah as Ethan Hunt in the ‘Mission: Impossible’ franchise.
There have been reports that ‘Final Reckoning,’ which had been plagued by delays and had an 18 month production, cost close to $400M. No matter, bring it on. ‘Mission: Impossible’ has been one of the most consistently entertaining franchises in Hollywood.
The synopsis for ‘Final Reckoning’ is about as cryptic as it gets: “Our lives are the sum of our choices.” With that said, it’s an obvious follow-up to 2023’s ‘Dead Reckoning’ which underperformed at the box-office, but was filled with strong action, including that bonkers finale on a hanging train.
In addition to Cruise, ‘Final Reckoning’ also stars Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Vanessa Kirby, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Mariela Garriga, Henry Czerny, Holt McCallany, Janet McTeer, Nick Offerman, Hannah Waddingham, Angela Bassett, Shea Whigham, Greg Tarzan Davis, Charles Parnell, and Frederick Schmidt.
“Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning.” will be released in theaters nationwide on May 23, 2025. You can also expect it to premiere beforehand, in May, at the Cannes Film Festival.
Alright, let’s settle this once and for all. What’s the best Bond movie? While we wait for the next actor to be cast, let’s do what Bond fans have been doing for six decades: argue about which one is actually the best.