With “The Witcher” season 3 coming to an end, Henry Cavill will bid adieu to the character of Geralt of Rivia. Five years ago, the actor lobbied for the lead role in Netflix’s adaptation of Andrzej Sapkowski’s “The Witcher” book series, citing a love for the novels and the video games which they spawned. Since […]
Continue readingLast weekend, “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” was creeping up on the half-billion mark at the worldwide box office with a running total of $493 million. Now, the latest installment in the Tom Cruise-led franchise has passed that milestone, but the fact that it took a week to do it is not a […]
Continue readingThe “Mission: Impossible” series is known for its death-defying stunts. In “Mission: Impossible — Fallout,” Tom Cruise does a Halo (High Altitude Low Open) jump — a military technique in which a skydiver jumps from an incredibly high altitude and deploys their parachute at the last minute from a very low altitude.Tom Cruise, director Christopher […]
Continue readingAfter taking over the reins of the “Mission: Impossible” franchise, director Chris McQuarrie quickly put his own stamp on the series. From 2015’s “Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation” to 2023’s “Dead Reckoning Part One,” McQuarrie’s take on the series has brought it back to its roots in creating heightened, suspenseful espionage scenarios. It’s also made […]
Continue readingHenry Cavill might be bowing out of “The Witcher” prematurely, but you can’t say the man didn’t suffer for the show. The former Superman actor has always demonstrated a remarkable commitment to the physical aspects of his job, which he really refined as Geralt of Rivia on the Netflix series. In fact, Cavill basically became […]
Continue readingOver the years, the Mission: Impossible franchise has featured no shortage of amazing action sequences and wild stunts. Many of the stunts are legitimately performed by Tom Cruise, as he’s risked life and limb to push the envelope for some of the franchise’s biggest moments. Some of those stunts include performing a live Halo jump […]
Continue readingMaybe Tom Cruise won’t be playing Ethan Hunt at 80.“Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One” (Paramount) grossed $80 million in five days in the U.S./Canada, with a worldwide total of $235 million. That’s needed money for theaters and stronger than expected Thursday-to-Sunday results elevated the gross from what some thought might be as low […]
Continue reading“Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” topped domestic box office charts while falling short of initial expectations. Tom Cruise’s latest blockbuster collected $56.2 million between Friday and Sunday, a lackluster start for a movie that cost nearly $300 million before marketing.Heading into the weekend, Paramount and Skydance’s action-adventure was hoping to establish a new […]
Continue readingIt’s been an exclusive five-day opening weekend for Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One. The latest installment in the long-running action franchise shows no signs of inertia, raking in $235 million worldwide. The film took in $80 million domestically, more than the last installment of the franchise, Mission: Impossible – Fallout, released at the […]
Continue readingBefore Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One was released in theaters and IMAX, Collider’s Steve Weintraub conducted an extended interview with co-writer and director Christopher McQuarrie about his epic two-parter. The seventh Mission promises high stakes and even more death-defying stunts with Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt, and McQuarrie discusses why this penultimate operation surpassed […]
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