Ahead of the trailer debut on Super Bowl Sunday, Paramount Pictures has released the firstMission: Impossible 6poster for the upcoming sequel. StarTom Cruiseis front and center on the one-sheet forMission: Impossible – Fallout, which appears to tease the thematic thrust of the film as well as its centerpiece stunt. We know that the story involves nuclear weapons of some sort, but that it’s also a culmination of the franchise in that all of IMF’s past good deeds come to bite them in the ass. So that’s where Ghost Tom Cruise comes in.
As for the helicopter, all signs point to that being the signature stunt in this movie, following the airplane stunt inRogue Nation, the Burj Khalifa stunt inGhost Protocol, etc. Writer/directorChristopher McQuarrieshot in New Zealand for quite some time, and Cruise recently teased the helicopter stunt onThe Graham Norton Show, revealing that it involvesHenry Cavillchasing Cruise on dueling helicopters. So yeah, it sounds like Evil Superman is playing another bad guy.
Additionally, the first footage from the movie has been revealed—although unless Tom Cruise walking down a hallway really gets you going, it’s gonna be underwhelming. I do appreciate the slow buildup to the trailer release though, and as a huge fan of this franchise I can’t wait to see the trailer on Sunday.
Check out theMission: Impossible – Falloutposter and first footage below. The film also starsSimon Pegg,Ving Rhames,Rebecca Ferguson,Angela Bassett,Vanessa Kirby,Alec Baldwin,Wes Bentley,Frederick Schmidt,Sean Harris, andMichelle Monaghan.Mission: Impossible – Falloutopens in theaters on July 27th.
Here’s the official synopsis forMission: Impossible – Fallout:
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.
