We're still well over a year away from Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One, but with it being Tom Cruise's 60th birthday today, director Christopher McQuarrie has shared an insane new look at what appears to be the currently filming Dead Reckoning Part Two, which is due out in theaters in 2024.
The photo sees Cruise hanging from a red biplane, a scene that was teased during CinemaCon earlier this year, and promises to be one of his most death-defying stunts yet. However, knowing Cruise and McQ, this sequence is likely only the tip of the iceberg.
Meanwhile, Cruise's billion-dollar blockbuster Top Gun: Maverick is continuing its historic run over the Fourth of July and should finish second this weekend, behind Minions: The Rise of Gru, a remarkable accomplishment after being in theaters for over a month.
Check out the new photo, in full hi-resolution, below:
In addition to Cruise as the headliner, the highly anticipated McQ-directed action blockbuster will also see the return of Ving Rhames as Luther Stickell, Simon Pegg as Benji Dunn, Rebecca Ferguson as Ilsa Faust, Academy Award-nominee Vanessa Kirby as the White Widow, Frederick Schmidt as Zola, and Henry Czerny as Eugene Kittridge.
Newcomers to the franchise include the aforementioned Hayley Atwell (Avengers: Endgame; Captain America: The First Avenger) as Grace, Shea Whigham (Perry Mason; Marvel's Agent Carter), Pom Klementieff (Avengers: Endgame; Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2), Esai Morales (Titans; La Bamba), Rob Delaney (Deadpool 2; Hobbs & Shaw), Cary Elwes (The Princess Bride; Saw), Indira Varma (Game of Thrones; Carnival Row), Mark Gatiss (The Father; The Favourite), Charles Parnell (Top Gun: Maverick; Transformers: Age of Extinction), and Greg Tarzan Davis (Top Gun: Maverick; Grey's Anatomy).
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One lights the fuse in theaters on July 14, 2023; with the expected franchise finale, Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part Two, set to arrive the following year on June 28, 2024.