After Chris McQuarrie
announced last week that the fan-favorite actress Hayley Atwell (
Avengers: Endgame;
Captain America: The First Avenger) had joined the
Mission: Impossible franchise, Atwell has now confirmed that she's signed on for a leading role opposite Tom Cruise (
Top Gun: Maverick) in both
Mission: Impossible 7 and
Mission: Impossible 8.
The back half of her
Instagram message from last night reads, "
...I’m thrilled to have joined @tomcruise and @christophermcquarrie for the next TWO Mission Impossible movies. To have gone from a classical play in the west-end to an audio book recording of a great new novel to a Disney/Marvel animation and now the female lead in a huge action franchise is the kind of variety that fuels my curiosity and keeps me learning and striving to be better and do better. I can’t wait to start sharing this adventure with you. Mostly in the form of effusive, sweaty ranting about stunt training while spontaneously vomiting with excitement/exhaustion. Lucky you."
While Atwell confirms that she's signed on to play "
the female lead in a huge action franchise," it's likely she'll be one of two female leads in the film as Rebecca Ferguson (
Mission: Impossible - Fallout) is also widely expected to reprise her role as Ilsa Faust for the highly-anticipated action sequels.
As for the rest of the cast, no one has been confirmed just yet, but expect to see some combination of Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Jeremy Renner, Angela Bassett, Vanessa Kirby, Michelle Monaghan, Maggie Q, Paula Patton and/or Sean Harris appear in the upcoming two-parter, which will film back-to-back starting early next year.
Mission: Impossible 7 is due out in theaters on July 23, 2021 while
Mission: Impossible 8 is expected to light the fuse in theaters on August 5, 2022.
The best intentions often come back to haunt you. MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - FALLOUT finds Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his IMF team (Alec Baldwin, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames) along with some familiar allies (Rebecca Ferguson, Michelle Monaghan) in a race against time after a mission gone wrong. Henry Cavill, Angela Bassett, and Vanessa Kirby also join the dynamic cast with filmmaker Christopher McQuarrie returning to the helm.
Mission: Impossible - Fallout features:
Director: Chris McQuarrie
Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt
Henry Cavill as August Walker
Ving Rhames as Luther Stickell
Simon Pegg as Benji Dunn
Rebecca Ferguson as Ilsa Faust
Sean Harris as Solomon Lane
Angela Bassett as Erica Sloane
Vanessa Kirby as Alanna Mitsopolis/White Widow
Michelle Monaghan as Julia Meade
Wes Bentley as Erik
Frederick Schmidt as Zola Mitsopolis
Alec Baldwin as Alan Hunley
Liang Yang as "John Lark"
Kristoffer Joner as Nils Delbruuk
Mission: Impossible - Fallout is now available on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray & Digital HD!
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