Hayley Atwell Confirms She'll Be In Both MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 7 & MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 8 As The Female Lead

Hayley Atwell Confirms She'll Be In Both MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 7 & MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 8 As The Female Lead

After it was announced last week that Hayley Atwell had joined the Mission: Impossible franchise, the actress has offered some details, confirming she'll be in both Mission 7 and 8 as the female lead...

By RohanPatel - Sep 13, 2019 08:09 AM EST
Filed Under: Mission: Impossible
Source: Hayley Atwell
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.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

I had a go at a ‘photo grid’ in an attempt to display some tech-savvy-millennial skills. For those of you who don’t know, this involves nine separate posts loaded one at a time which only come together as a complete image when someone views the profile page. Some of the comments were of the ‘wot-is-goin-on-u-can’t-frame-a-picture, mate’ variety SO, to ease the confusion, here is my news in one post..... 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. 🕺

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@mbristolart up to no good.

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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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Kumkani
Kumkani - 9/13/2019, 8:02 AM
More Hayley Atwell means more life
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 9/13/2019, 8:09 AM
@Necropolitan -
Armageddon26
Armageddon26 - 9/13/2019, 8:06 AM
This is nothing short of great news. Great actress. Great franchise. Hope this leads to even more big film work for her
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 9/13/2019, 8:10 AM
Can't wait for McQ to deliver us more cinematic gold with MI 7 and 8, and Hayley Atwell's involvement is the icing on a very delicious cake :-)
DwightKGroot
DwightKGroot - 9/13/2019, 8:13 AM
If you were to choose between Rebecca Ferguson and Haley Atwell who would you choose?

Don't say both.
FireandBlood
FireandBlood - 9/13/2019, 8:15 AM
@DwightKGroot - Both.
SimplyAz
SimplyAz - 9/13/2019, 8:15 AM
@DwightKGroot -


@DwightKGroot -

Haley Atwell anyday, think it's helped by her having that 1940's look in Agent Carter
TheBlueMorpho
TheBlueMorpho - 9/13/2019, 8:31 AM
@DwightKGroot -

Hayley Atwell. No contest.
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 9/13/2019, 8:45 AM
@DwightKGroot -

Mr2099
Mr2099 - 9/13/2019, 4:37 PM
@DwightKGroot - Hayley. I like her....proportions a bit more
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 9/14/2019, 5:56 AM
@DwightKGroot - these guys are nuts, Rebecca Ferguson is easily the better actress and she has done an excellent job in action roles.
BuzzKillington
BuzzKillington - 9/14/2019, 7:16 AM
@Ryguy88 - Pretty sure hes's not asking about acting.
DwightKGroot
DwightKGroot - 9/14/2019, 8:22 AM
@BuzzKillington - It's about everything. Acting, persona, charisma, beauty.

And you folks can have Hayley. I just have to fight @Ryguy88 for my Rebecca.
BuzzKillington
BuzzKillington - 9/14/2019, 10:30 AM
@DwightKGroot -

Hayley
LongMayHeReign
LongMayHeReign - 9/13/2019, 8:17 AM
@RandyQuill87


LMAO! Rebecca is nice and all but uhh...Hayley everyday of the week and twice on Sunday!
SgtSoggybottom
SgtSoggybottom - 9/13/2019, 11:44 AM
@LongMayHeReign - Amen, brother. Once a day, every day whether you need it or not.
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 9/13/2019, 8:22 AM
Good for Haley. Been waiting for her to break out since TFA.

Can’t wait for these flicks.
Scripturepoetic
Scripturepoetic - 9/13/2019, 5:12 PM
@regularmovieguy -

Was she in "The Force Awakens"...?

Just kidding
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 9/13/2019, 8:24 AM
I thought it would have been interesting to see her play a villain and how she would do outside of her comfort zone but I am excited she has joined the franchise anyway.
teefurtree
teefurtree - 9/13/2019, 8:26 AM
GhostDog
GhostDog - 9/13/2019, 8:37 AM
Hayley finally blowing up



GhostDog
GhostDog - 9/13/2019, 8:40 AM
@DwightKGroot

Atwell, without question

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