Tag: Mission: Impossible
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‘Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One’ Video Unpacks Epic Set
Director Christopher McQuarrie and star Tom Cruise have attempted some of the most challenging set pieces in the history of the Mission: Impossible franchise together. They’ve harnessed Cruise on the side of an airborne plane; they’ve handed him the controls of a chopper; and in the upcoming Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One, they’ll…
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Tom Cruise’s 10 Best Non-‘Mission: Impossible’ Movies on Rotten Tomatoes
From his earliest days starring in comedic teen dramas to his current standing as a major blockbuster draw card the world over, Tom Cruise can only be viewed as one of the greatest movie stars cinema has ever seen. Ever since he starred in 1996’s reboot of Mission: Impossible, the action franchise has become a…
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‘Mission: Impossible’ Video: Watch Tom Cruise Run Through All Seven Movies
Moviegoers are just a week away from the latest Mission: Impossible film, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One. The epic action adventure continues the crazy story of Ethan Hunt played by Tom Cruise. There have been so many iconic action set pieces over the years that have blown audiences away. However, one of the…
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‘Indiana Jones & The Dial of Destiny’ Domestic Box Office Underwhelms
Older-skewing franchises are usually slow out of the gate. Both Mission: Impossible — Fallout and No Time to Die had relatively soft domestic openings, but ended up grossing nearly $800 million worldwide. For its own sake, Disney would hope that Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny has a similar trajectory at the box office,…
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This Tom Cruise Legal Thriller Had Him Facing Off Against Gene Hackman
John Grisham’s second novel, The Firm, was so popular that a film adaptation was already hotly anticipated by the time the book hit the shelves. Thirty years ago, Sydney Pollack’s feature adaptation was released, and combined with the success of the book, the two created a mutually massive hit, which soared on the screen as…
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Hayley Atwell’s ‘Mission: Impossible 7’ Screen Test Was ‘Two Hours of Stunt Choreography’ So the Team Could ‘See My Natural Abilities’
Everything is supercharged when it comes to the long-running “Mission: Impossible” franchise, and that extends to the movie’s audition process. In a recent interview with The Telegraph, Hayley Atwell revealed that her screen test for the mysterious role of Grace in the two-part “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning” required a two-hour screen test that was…
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‘Mission: Impossible 7’ Video Previews Tom Cruise’s Most Dangerous Stunt
The Summer 2023 movie season has been full of action-packed thrill rides thus far. It’s only going to get even more explosive with the release of Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One. The seventh cinematic entry in the Mission: Impossible franchise is set to be the biggest and most dangerous mission yet for star…
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‘Mission: Impossible 7’s Shea Whigham & Greg Tarzan Davis Talk Crazy Stunts
Whenever a new actor signs on to a Mission: Impossible movie, you know that at some point they’ll take a page out of the Tom Cruise manual and try to pull some stunts themselves. This confirmation comes from franchise newcomers Greg Tarzan Davis and Shea Whigham, who kicked off their participation in Mission: Impossible –…
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Tom Cruise Refused to Kick Pom Klementieff in the Stomach During ‘Mission: Impossible 7’ Fight: ‘I Kept Telling Him to Just Kick Me’
Tom Cruise will ride a motorcycle off the edge of a cliff, but kicking a co-star in the chest is apparently where he draws the line. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Cruise’s “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” co-star Pom Klementieff said she practically begged him to kick her in the stomach for…
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Tom Cruise Calls ‘Mission: Impossible 7’ a Perfect Entry Point in the Franchise
People who have not been following Ethan Hunt’s globetrotting adventures over the six previous Mission: Impossible movies can jump right into Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, reveals lead star Tom Cruise. During the movie’s premiere in Rome, Collider’s Steven Weintraub also had the opportunity to talk to Cruise about his death-defying stunts and…