On July 12, Tom Cruise will finally be back as Ethan Hunt with “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning”. Which is “only” the first part of a plot cut in half by its director and screenwriter, who explains this choice.
It is an understatement to say that he will be desired! Originally scheduled for summer 2021, Mission: Impossible 7 was one of the blockbusters most impacted by COVID with, on arrival, a postponement of almost two years. On July 12, the wait will finally be over… only to start again later.
As its full title clearly suggests, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 1 is just the first half of a story split in two by its director and co-writer Christopher McQuarrie. For those who have followed the news of the project, this is not a novelty, but the director has explained the reasons for this choice.
“I knew I wanted to expand the cast and give each of these characters more to do, so I knew the movie would be bigger and longer than fallout“tells Christopher McQuarrie at Collider. “At one point I was like, ‘Why are we fighting like this? Why are we trying to cram all of this into two hours? Coupons [l’histoire] in the middle and do two films.”
“That’s really the reason that pushed me to have a two-part film. It’s not only because the story was bigger but also because we wanted more emotion in it.” For the second half of the clash between Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise, who obviously refused to give Pom Klementieff a real shot on set) and his friends with the fearsome Gabriel (Esai Morales), go to French cinemas June 26, 2024.
Unless… During the film’s world premiere in Rome, Tom Cruise said that only 40% of episode 8 had been shot, while the writers’ strike blocked it, like many Hollywood projects. . Can we expect a new postponement? At this point, nothing is impossible. No more than seeing the saga continue, as Christopher McQuarrie has suggested in recent days.