Mission: Impossible - Fallout

Mission: Impossible – Fallout is a 2018 American action spy film written, produced, and directed by Christopher McQuarrie. It is the sixth installment in the Mission: Impossible film series, and the second film to be directed by McQuarrie following the 2015 film Rogue Nation, making him the first director to direct more than one film in the franchise. The cast includes Tom Cruise,Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Sean Harris, Michelle Monaghan, and Alec Baldwin, all of whom reprise their roles from the previous films. Henry Cavill, Vanessa Kirby, and Angela Bassett join the franchise. In the film, Ethan Hunt and his team must track down missing plutonium while being monitored by the Apostles after a mission goes wrong.Talks for a sixth Mission: Impossible film began before releasing Rogue Nation in 2015. The film was officially announced in November 2015, with McQuarrie confirming his return as writer and director, as well as producer alongside J. J. Abrams and Cruise, the seventh collaboration between the pair. Jeremy Renner confirmed that he was unable to appear in the film because of scheduling conflicts with Avengers: Endgame. Filming took place from April 2017 to March 2018 in Paris, London, New Zealand, Norway, and the United Arab Emirates. Production was notably put on hold for two months following an injury to Cruise in August 2017.Mission: Impossible – Fallout had its world premiere in Paris on July 12, 2018, and was released in the United States on July 27, 2018; it was the first in the series to be released in RealD 3D, and also had an IMAX release. It grossed $791 million worldwide, making it the highest-grossing film of Cruise's career, the eighth highest grossing film of 2018, and the highest-grossing film in the franchise, surpassing Ghost Protocol. The film was praised for its directing, writing, cinematography, action sequences, stunts, musical score, and acting and is considered by many critics to be the best installment in the franchise.Two sequels, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One and Part Two, are scheduled to be released in July 2023 and June 2024, respectively, both directed by McQuarrie.