Next ‘Mission Impossible’ Sequels Won’t Send Tom Cruise To Moon

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Predicting {that a} Fast & Furious film will in some way contain a submarine battle is one factor. Hoping that Tom Cruise’s more and more ludicrous stunt concepts for the Mission Impossible franchise will really change into a actuality is one other. Then once more, the actor has made his goals a actuality earlier than. In Rogue Nation, he held onto a departing airplane for the opening stunt. In Fallout, he did a HALO leap and flew a helicopter. But what concerning the “world-topping sh*t” he’s received in retailer for the upcoming sequels? What concerning the moon?

Previous studies have indicated that Cruise himself has entertained the thought of setting a Mission Impossible movie in area (0r thereabouts). As returning director Christopher McQuarrie defined to Empire, nonetheless, that’s not going to occur — no less than, the “moon” half. What’s extra, he’s received a logically sound cause:

“I pitched the idea of making two movies, and now I have to justify why it’s two movies,” he tells Empire… “You’ve got to earn that. You’ve got to make something that swallows the last three movies whole. I’m freaked out now. We’ve talked ourselves into something. Holy shit.” As for the notion that these movies certainly should take Tom Cruise’s stunts to new ranges of probably lunar lunacy, McQuarrie has pause for thought. “Here’s the problem with going to the moon: how do you fall from the moon?” he asks.

Fair level, Christopher. Then once more, that is Tom Cruise we’re speaking about. If he can discover a strategy to latch himself onto a airplane in a single movie and leap out of 1 within the subsequent, then chances are high fairly good that he can negotiate some sort of lunar (or lunar-adjacent) stunt for one of many subsequent two Mission Impossible movies.

(Via Empire)