It’s been a while since we last saw Tom Cruise playing Ethan Hunt in the Mission: Impossible movies, with 2018’s FalloutIt not only received critical acclaim as its predecessors but also was the franchise’s highest-grossing entry. But for Cruise, director/writer Christopher McQuarrie and many more, they’ve been firmly entrenched in the Mission: ImpossibleThe world has known the wonders of the internet for many years. Dead Reckoning Part 1I have filmed intermittently over the second half of 2020, into fall 2021. Dead Reckoning Part IIThe filming started in March. But there’s still quite a bit of footage left to capture, and McQuarrie has claimed that his more difficult days of filming are coming up, leading us to wonder why kind of insane Cruise stunts are coming up.
Every now and then, Christopher McQuarrie will turn to social media to either share updates on how the movie he’s working on is coming along, and occasionally he’ll answer some fan questions/inquiries. A fan asked McQuarrie a question on this occasion. TwitterWhat was the most difficult scene he had to film? He answered:
I’m in the air, shooting it right now. Two more are in the works.
It’s impressive that Christopher McQuarrie responded to this fan while he was up in the air in shooting his most difficult scene yet, but more importantly, what’s coming up in these two scenes that make them even more daunting? McQuarrie didn’t clarify whether this will be part of Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One’s reshoots (assuming a period of extra filming has ben scheduled for that production), or if this is part of Dead Reckoning Part II’s principal photography. Speaking frankly, we don’t even know for a fact that what McQuarrie is teasing involves Tom Cruise, though since is a franchise where we’ve seen the actor literally climbing on the world’s tallest building and hanging onto the side of a plane taking off, one wouldn’t be faulted for putting money on these mysterious scenes featuring some classic Cruise stunts.
Some of the Mission: Impossible 7 stunts that we’ve already seen glimpses of or heard about include Tom Cruise driving a motorcycle off a massive ramp, repeatedly parachuting out of a helicopter, rushing around on a moving train and doing some paragliding, with one of those latter sessions resulted in him meeting a local couple. Cruise also values stunts in the outdoors. Mission: Impossible film series since the very beginning, admitting that he and director Brian de Palma plotted the train sequence in 1996’s Mission: ImpossibleBefore the story was written. Hopefully, after both parts. Dead Reckoning are out, McQuarrie reveals which of those movies’ scenes were the most challenging for him and his team to put on camera.
The first is not the best. Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part OneThis trailer, which was premiered in May, gave us a preview of the 2023 movie release. We saw the motorcycle stunt, story details, and a description for it. Part IIThey remain hidden in secret. Tom Cruise cast members Part OneVing Rhames and Simon Pegg are among the many. Part Two will see many of these characters return, and Holt McCallany and Nick Offerman will be involved in the follow-up.
Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part OnePart One hits theaters July 14, 2023 and Part Two will follow on June 28, 2024. CinemaBlend will continue to provide updates on these sequels for moviegoers.