Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 2 is an upcoming American action spy film directed by Christopher McQuarrie from a screenplay he co-wrote with Erik Jendresen. It is the sequel to Dead Reckoning: Part 1 (2023) and the eighth installment in the Mission: Impossible film series.
Tom Cruise returns for his eighth appearance as the series' lead character, Ethan Hunt, whom he will have played over a period of 28 years by the time of the film's release.
Ving Rhames, Henry Czerny, Simon Pegg, Vanessa Kirby, Esai Morales, Hayley Atwell, Shea Whigham and Pom Klementieff reprise their roles from the previous films in the series.
In January 2019, Cruise announced that the seventh and eighth Mission: Impossible films would be filmed back-to-back and that McQuarrie would write and direct both films. Plans for the film later changed in February 2021. Returning cast members and the addition of new members were announced shortly after, with Lorne Balfe, who scored two films, returning to score the film.
Filming began in March 2022 in the UK and was shot elsewhere including Malta, South Africa, and Norway. It was halted in July 2023 due to the SAG-AFTRA strike. Paramount Pictures is set to release Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 2 in the US on June 28, 2024.
As IMF agent Ethan Hunt’s (Tom Cruise) latest high-stakes adventure continues to break box office records, fans of the Mission: Impossible franchise are eagerly awaiting the second half of this epic story with Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two. It’s truly amazing that the Mission: Impossible series has been able to up the ante with each installment since the original 1996 film.
Each installment ends up being more exciting than the last, adding its own twist on action and spectacle to keep the franchise fresh and exciting. Building on a solid foundation formed by Mission: Impossible 1996, we got high-speed motorcycle chases in Mission: Impossible II, a terrifying villain in Mission: Impossible III, a triumphant climb of the Burj Khalifa in Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, stealthy espionage in Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, and a gripping tale of nuclear prevention in Mission: Impossible – Fallout.