Tom Cruise is heading back to the Cannes red carpet as ‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’ gears up for its grand premiere at the 78th Cannes Film Festival. The much-anticipated action spectacle will screen Out of Competition on May 14 at the iconic Grand Théâtre Lumière.
Cruise, who not only stars as superspy Ethan Hunt but also produces the film, will be joined at the festival by long-time collaborator and director Christopher McQuarrie, along with the ensemble cast. The duo, who’ve shaped the franchise’s modern legacy, are expected to bring the adrenaline-fueled energy of ‘Mission: Impossible’ to the Riviera.
This marks Cruise’s return to Cannes after a memorable appearance in 2022 with 'Top Gun: Maverick'. He also graced the festival back in 1992 for 'Far and Away', directed by Ron Howard.
‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning' trailer
The eighth film in the blockbuster franchise promises to be a jaw-dropping conclusion to Ethan Hunt’s decades-long saga. The trailer was released recently blending death-defying action with callbacks to the character’s most iconic moments.
The trailer opens in true Mission: Impossible style — with Cruise hanging onto the side of a soaring aircraft — immediately plunging audiences into Hunt’s high-risk world. As cryptic voices challenge the myth of Ethan Hunt (“This can’t all be true”), a montage flashes through his perilous past: leaping from rooftops, surviving fireballs, and narrowly escaping countless life-or-death missions.
This time, the stakes are personal. With the world once again spiraling toward catastrophe, Hunt is being hunted himself — painted as a liability whose secrets threaten global security. The fate of everything he’s stood for — and everyone he’s sworn to protect — hangs in the balance.
About Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
Directed by Christopher McQuarrie, who has steered the franchise since Rogue Nation, the film was previously titled Dead Reckoning – Part Two. The name change signals a new standalone identity for this climactic installment.
The cast features returning favorites and fresh additions: Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Vanessa Kirby, Pom Klementieff, Angela Bassett, Shea Whigham, Esai Morales, Henry Czerny, Holt McCallany, Nick Offerman, and Greg Tarzan Davis.
‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’ is slated for a worldwide theatrical release on May 23.