Summary
With over two years gone since production first began on the sequel, Simon Pegg has a very excitingMission: Impossible 8filming update. The eighth installment inthe Tom Cruise-led action franchisewas meant to be shot back-to-back with its predecessor,Dead Reckoning, though this would change and production finally kicked off in March 2022. Following a hiatus due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes, filming would resume in March 2024, with set videos and photos teasing some of the action to come.
Peggrecently took to his Instagram (viaCinemaBlend) with a video post on his Story confirming that he has wrapped filming onMission: Impossible 8. The actor expressed his enthusiasm for the work he and his co-stars put into the next installment of the hit action franchise, celebrating it as a “f—-ng incredible spectacle” and sharing his excitement for audiences to see it. See what Pegg shared below:
I just wrapped my last day on Mission Impossible and said a farewell to everybody. And we started shooting the first part of this story in September 2020, and here we are in July 2024. What a journey has been. And what a f——ng incredible spectacle this next film is going to be, I’m so excited for you to see it. But until then, Benji Dunn signing off.
Mission: Impossible 8 Has A Lot To Overcome If There’s To Be A Future
Despite netting the franchise’s second-best score from critics and best from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes,Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoningproved as something of an outlier for Cruise’s action franchise, as it became the lowest-grossing installment since 2006’sMission: Impossible III. While competition fromthe viral Barbenheimer phenomenonwas certainly a factor, the movie was deemed to have lost Paramount a reported $100 million due to its massive budget of $291 million, one of the largest in cinema history. See howDead Reckoningcompares to the otherMission: Impossiblemovies on Rotten Tomatoes and at the box office below:
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Given the franchise was previously enjoying some of its best box office figures to date, it does seem likely thatMission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning’s underwhelming box officewas something of a fluke and came from the competition it faced at the box office. With that said, though, it does then prove concerning that recent reports have said the budget for the next installment has crossed the $300 million mark. Much likeDead Reckoning,Mission: Impossible 8is facing some hefty competition in its May 2025 release date.
AlongsideMission: Impossible 8, May 2025 will bring the releases ofThunderbolts*andKarate Kid, while the first week of June will also bringJohn Wick Presents: Ballerina.
While the next installment could see a bigger boost at the box office followingDead Reckoning’s cliffhanger ending,Mission: Impossible 8’s box office will be important for whether the franchise continues beyond the movie. Cruise and writer/director Christopher McQuarrie have previously expressed interest inkeeping Ethan Hunt’s adventures going, despite initial plans for the seventh and eighth movies to serve as a send-off for the character. Even if a ninth movie doesn’t happen, it seems clear thatMission: Impossible 8is aiming to be the biggest and boldest installment yet.
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
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Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning follows Ethan Hunt and his team as they pursue a formidable AI called the Entity that has compromised global intelligence networks. With new allies and a haunting figure from Hunt’s past in pursuit, they must act quickly to avert a global catastrophe.
