The highly anticipated action movie sequel,Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, has now started test screening, with Paramount higher up revealing that audiences have been heaping praise onTom Cruiseand the action sequences, but felt that the movie is too long. During a recent panel at the 2023 Morgan Stanley Technology, Media, & Telecom Conference, the President ofParamount Global, Bob Bakish, revealed what the feedback has been so far for the seventh outing in the long-runningMission: Impossiblefranchise.
“I haven’t seen all of ‘MI:7,’ but I’ve seen a bunch of it. We actually just did the first test screening for an audience last week, and the audience lost their mind. And it’s still too long, they’ve got to cut it. But the movie is insane. It’s like a complete thrill ride. And Tom, he’s very good.”
So, while it sounds likeMission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Onehas a lot going for it, including Cruise’s performance and his dedication to the death-defying stunts, the sequel “still” has the problem of being far too long. According to test screen audiences, anyway. No doubt there will be those who could watch Cruiseleap out of planes and jump off trains until the end of time.
There is still plenty of time forMission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Onedirector Christopher McQuarrie and Tom Cruise to put the finishing touches on the follow-up, with the pair likely to be sitting in the editing room with their team for the next few months.
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Plot details forMission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Oneare currently being kept under wraps, but we can no doubt safely assumed that it will involve Tom Cruise’s unstoppable IMF Agent Ethan Huntrunning and jumping from ever-increasing heights to save the world once again. One thing we do know aboutMission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Oneis that it will be the first part of the conclusive chapter for Ethan Hunt, with next year’sMission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Twoexpected to bring this era of the franchise to an end.
Written and directed by Christopher McQuarrie,Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Onefinds the likes of Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby, and Frederick Schmidt, reprising their roles from various installments in theMission: Impossiblefranchise. The sequel will also see Henry Czernyreprise the role of Eugene Kittridge, the former director of the IMF who was last seen in the very firstMission: Impossibleway back in 1996.
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Onewill throw a bunch of new faces into the action, including Marvel stars Hayley Atwell and Pom Klementieff, as well as Shea Whigham, Esai Morales, Rob Delaney, Charles Parnell, Indira Varma, Mark Gatiss, and Cary Elwes.
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Oneis scheduled for release in the United States on June 18, 2025, by Paramount Pictures. A further sequel,Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two, is set to be released on August 03, 2025.
