Tom Cruise Reveals ‘Mission: Impossible 7’ Official Title

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Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterTom Cruise’s seventh globe-trotting journey as Ethan Hunt will be called “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One.”Paramount Pictures revealed the tentpole’s official title during its Thursday presentation at CinemaCon, the annual trade show for theater owners.

Cruise, who is usually a regular presence at the convention in Las Vegas, wasn’t in attendance. Though in fairness, he attended last year’s CinemaCon to talk up the death-defying stunts in “Mission: Impossible 7” before the movie’s release date was pushed back by a year due to COVID-19.

He was most excited about driving a motorcycle off a cliff in Norway, an antic he called “far and away the most dangerous thing I’ve attempted.” He may not have been in person at Caesars Palace, but Cruise loomed large over Paramount’s three-hour presentation.

The studio is showing Cruise’s other high-profile production, “Top Gun: Maverick,” a sequel to the 1986 action adventure. Thursday’s screening marks the first time a wide audience will see the movie, which is going to the Cannes Film Festival next month.Christopher McQuarrie returns to direct “Mission: Impossible – 7” after steering the franchise’s fifth and sixth installment — 2015’s “Rogue Nation” and 2018’s “Fallout.” The latter became the highest-grossing entry in the long-running series, grossing nearly $800 million at the global box office.The “Mission: Impossible” films have grossed over $3.5 billion at the worldwide box office since 1996.