‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’ Sets World Premiere at 2025 Cannes Film Festival
The highly anticipated eighth chapter of the Mission: Impossible is officially headed to the 2025 Cannes Film Festival next month and will be presented Out of Competition at the Grand Théâtre Lumière for its world premiere.
On Wednesday, May 14, actor and producer Tom Cruise, his long-time collaborator, director and screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie, and the cast will walk the steps of the Palais des Festivals. This marks Cruise’ third appearance on the Croisette: the first in 1992, for the premiere of Ron Howard’s Far and Away, and then returning 30 years later in 2022, with the out of competition premiere of Top Gun: Maverick, where he received the festival’s honorary Palme d’Or.
In Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt, who he has portrayed since the beginning of the franchise in 1996, and his IMF team ask you to trust them one last time. Alongside Cruise, the film stars Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Henry Czerny, Mariela Garriga and Angela Bassett. It’s set to release theatrically on May 21 in France and May 23 in the U.S., both via Paramount Pictures.
Tom Cruise and Christopher McQuarrie continue their partnership, working together again, with McQuarrie & Erik Jendresen co-writing the script, from Paramount Pictures (Top Gun, Rocketman) and Skydance.
The 78th Cannes Film Festival runs May 13-24 with award-winning French actress as the president of the yet to be announced jury. The full selection of the festival will be announced this Thursday, April 10.
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