While it was always too early for a trailer, Paramount Pictures debuted the first footage from Mission: Impossible 7 earlier today during their CinemaCon presentation, and it seems safe to say that it blew the roof off the annual Las Vegas convention.
As expected, the primary focus of the behind-the-scenes featurette was on Tom Cruise and the incredible stunts he performed for this installment, namely the sequence he describes as the most dangerous stunt he's ever done - a motorcycle base jump that he spent over one year preparing for. We've already seen photos of it along with a few set videos, but the 3x Academy Award-nominated megastar assured us we haven't seen anything yet.
Unfortunately, they didn't reveal the film's official title, which will presumably arrive with the trailer launch sometime near the end of this year or early next, but director Christopher McQuarrie did offer a tease of what's to come next, "The only thing that scares me more is what we have planned for Mission 8."
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, and Henry Czerny as Eugene Kittridge.
Newcomers to the franchise include the aforementioned Hayley Atwell (Avengers: Endgame; Captain America: The First Avenger), Pom Klementieff (Avengers: Endgame; Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2), Shea Whigham (Perry Mason; Marvel's Agent Carter), Esai Morales (Titans; La Bamba), Rob Delaney (Deadpool 2; Hobbs & Shaw), Charles Parnell (Top Gun: Maverick; Transformers: Age of Extinction), Indira Varma (Game of Thrones; Carnival Row), Mark Gatiss (The Father; The Favourite), and Cary Elwes (The Princess Bride; Saw).
Mission: Impossible 7 lights the fuse in theaters on May 27, 2022; followed by Mission: Impossible 8 on July 7, 2023.