Nicholas Hoult has joined the cast of
Mission: Impossible 7. Director Christopher McQuarrie broke the news over Instagram before it was picked up by THR. No details on his role were provided, but the trade believes that he will play a villain.
Hoult, who narrowly missed out on landing the part of Bruce Wayne/Batman in Matt Reeves' upcoming reboot, is best known for playing Beast in Fox's now defunct
X-Men franchise, and has also appeared in the likes of
Mad Max: Fury Road, Tolkien, and
The Favorite.
He now joins fellow
MI newcomers Shea Whigham (
Kong: Skull Island), Hayley Atwell (
Captain America: TFA) and Pom Klementieff (
Avengers: Endgame), while Tom Cruise and Rebecca Ferguson will return as Ethan Hunt and Ilsa Faust.
McQuarrie will write and direct the next two Mission: Impossible films, which are set to hit theaters on July 23, 2021, and Aug. 5, 2022.
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