Paramount Pictures has dropped a fresh behind‑the‑scenes featurette for Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, shifting focus from death‑defying stunts to one of the franchise’s most spectacular shooting locations: Svalbard, Norway, deep inside the Arctic Circle.
The footage teases why Ethan Hunt and his IMF allies journey so far north—namely, the sunken Russian submarine Sevastopol, last seen plunging beneath the waves in Dead Reckoning.
As fans will recall, Hunt escaped that film with a completed key capable of unlocking a chamber that houses the Entity’s source code, the only means to destroy or seize control of the rogue A.I. For two tension‑filled months the sub’s whereabouts remained a mystery, but the new featurette implies Hunt’s team has pinpointed its resting place beneath Arctic ice.
How they plan to reach and board a nuclear sub entombed in frozen waters is still under wraps, yet director Christopher McQuarrie hints that Svalbard’s stark beauty and treacherous conditions will set the stage for one of the series’ most ambitious sequences.
If history is any guide, Ethan Hunt’s race to recover the Sevastopol promises edge‑of‑your‑seat spectacle—and a must‑see reason to brave the cinema this summer.
In our Dead Reckoning review, we said, "Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One is the undisputed blockbuster movie event of the summer! Tom Cruise delivers yet another action movie masterpiece, packed with jaw-dropping spectacle, pulse-pounding action, heartfelt emotion, awe-inspiring performances, and an exhilarating chemistry opposite new leading lady Hayley Atwell that’ll have you begging for more. This is one Mission we’ll always choose to accept! Bring on Part Two!"
In addition to Cruise, the supporting cast features Hayley Atwell (Captain America: The First Avenger; Agent Carter; Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning), Ving Rhames (Mission: Impossible; Pulp Fiction; Dawn of the Dead), Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead; Star Trek; Mission: Impossible), Vanessa Kirby (The Crown; Pieces of a Woman; Mission: Impossible – Fallout), Esai Morales (Ozark; La Bamba; Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning), Pom Klementieff (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2; Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning; Westworld), Mariela Garriga (Bloodline; Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning; Y: The Last Man), Henry Czerny (Mission: Impossible; Ready or Not; Revenge), Holt McCallany (Mindhunter; Fight Club; Wrath of Man), Janet McTeer (Ozark; Albert Nobbs; Jessica Jones), Nick Offerman (Parks and Recreation; The Last of Us; Devs), Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso; Game of Thrones; Hocus Pocus 2), Angela Bassett (Black Panther; What's Love Got to Do with It; 9-1-1), Shea Whigham (Boardwalk Empire; Joker; Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning), Greg Tarzan Davis (Top Gun: Maverick; Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning; Grey’s Anatomy), Charles Parnell (Top Gun: Maverick; Transformers: Age of Extinction; The Last Ship), and Frederick Schmidt (Angel Has Fallen; Mission: Impossible – Fallout; Supergirl).
McQuarrie helmed the feature, with a screenplay he co-wrote with Erik Jendresen (Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One; Ithaca; Band of Brothers).
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning hits theaters and IMAX on May 23!
Check out the latest featurette below!
Our lives are the sum of our choices. Tom Cruise is Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning.