Abu Dhabi will host the Middle East premiere of Paramount/Skydance’s Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One on June 26, with star Tom Cruise and director Christopher McQuarrie walking the red carpet.
Securing the prestigious event marks a coup for the Emirate in the face of Saudi Arabia’s film and TV clout in the region and continues The Mission Impossible franchise’s long relationship with the United Arab Emirates.
The seventh instalment was shot in Abu Dhabi’s Liwa desert as well as its new Midfield Terminal airport building, with the support of the Abu Dhabi Film Commission (ADFC).
Abu Dhabi entities twofour54 Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Airports (AD Airports) and Etihad Airways, the film’s official airline partner, collaborated on the shoots, which involved the construction of an Arabian village in the desert as well as multiple sets at the airport terminal.
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