Summary
Mission: Impossible 8gets a new tease from Shea Whigham, who promises a big scene between his character and Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt. After first getting its start back in 1996, Cruise’s hit action franchise returned last summer forMission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning. That film introduces a handful of new characters into the mix, including Whigham as Jasper Briggs, a government agent tasked with bringing Hunt in. Whigham is set to return in theupcomingMission: Impossible 8, which is now in production.
In a recent interview withTHR, Whigham talks about what’s to come inMission: Impossible 8, revealing that he’s now wrapped filming on the project. According to the actor, he personally asked for one powerful scene between Briggs and Hunt, and writer/ director Christopher McQuarrie obliged. Check out Whigham’s full comment below:
“I said to Christopher McQuarrie on [Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning]: ‘I don’t want a bigger trailer. I don’t want more money. I don’t want better catering. I just want one scene between Tom and I, where you, McQ, write it likeThe UsualSuspects, and we get a chance to get in there.’ And he delivered,”
“We did this scene between Tom and myself, and then Tom said, ‘We’re going to go out to dinner.’ So we went out to dinner when I was done, and then Tom said, ‘Do you realize that we come out one year from today? And it’s going to be a sprint to finish the f–king thing.’
“And I was like, “What!?” Because we’re gone. The rest of the cast is all scattered, and he went, ‘Yeah, it’s going to be a sprint. I go all summer.’ I can’t even explain how he does the stuff that he does. What he’s doing now, people are going to be floored. He wants to make this one like an adventure film, and he and McQuarrie have an idea of what they want to do with it. So it’s going to be amazing.
What Else Has Been Revealed About Mission: Impossible 8?
Tom Cruise’s Next Adventure Has Been Filming Around The Globe
While theMission: Impossible – Dead Reckoningreviewswere overwhelmingly positive, the film wasn’t the box office hit it was expected to be. The upcoming eighth movie was originally going to be titledMission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning (Part 2), but this title has reportedly been dropped. No new title has been revealed just yet. The story of the new film, though, will seemingly follow Hunt as he continues his fight against the evil AI known as The Entity.
Made on a COVID-inflated budget of roughly $291 million,Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoningbecame an unfortunate casualty of the “Barbenheimer” phenomenon and earned only $567.5 million worldwide.
So far,the upcoming sequel is shaping up to be another globe-trotting adventurefor Hunt and his team after theMission: Impossible – Dead Reckoningending. Filming has taken place in various Arctic regions, in the Adriatic Sea, in South Africa, and across the UK. The Arctic scenes likely involve the Sevastopol submarine that was introduced in the prior film, while the scenes in the Adriatic Sea were filmed on board an aircraft carrier. The shooting that took place in South Africa involved Cruise clinging to the top of an upside-down biplane.
10 Biggest Details & Reveals From Mission: Impossible 8’s Set Photos & Videos
The various forms of behind the scenes content for Mission: Impossible 8 has already provided some major clues for the highly anticipated sequel.
More recently,Cruise was spotted filming in London. One scene featured Hunt meeting with Benji (Simon Pegg) in the middle of a large protest, while another featured a bloodied Hunt sprinting down the street. It’s not clear exactly how muchMission: Impossible 8’s story changed after the underperformance ofDead Reckoning, but the film is certainly shaping up to have plenty of what made previous installments in the franchise so beloved.
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
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Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning follows Ethan Hunt and his team as they pursue a formidable AI called the Entity that has compromised global intelligence networks. With new allies and a haunting figure from Hunt’s past in pursuit, they must act quickly to avert a global catastrophe.
