Tom Cruise Returns To CinemaCon To Show Off ‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’
It’s been a long time, Tom Cruise. As CinemaCon heads into its final day, attendees were treated to a visit from one of global exhibition’s most beloved stars. At least post Covid, even during the year when Top Gun: Maverick was shown off to exhibs, it’s been quite some time that the leading man has taken the stage here at Caesars Palace Colosseum. That said, Cruise has made surprise appearances at CineEurope in Barcelona post-pandemic. In previous years, he’s sent video messages to CinemaCon.
The Paramount/Skydance actioner drected by Christopher McQuarrie is billed as the epic finale to a saga that first began nearly two decades ago. It features Cruise as Ethan Hunt following the events of 2023’s Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning which ended on a cliffhanger with the world threatened by a rogue and sentient AI known as The Entity. It grossed over $570M worldwide.
The Final Reckoning also stars Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Henry Czerny, Mariela Garriga, Holt McCallany, Janet McTeer, Nick Offerman, Hannah Waddingham, Tramell Tillman, Shea Whigham, Greg Tarzan Davis, Charles Parnell, Mark Gatiss, Rolf Saxon, Lucy Tulugarjuk, Katy O’Brian, Stephen Oyoung and Angela Bassett.
The film is widely expected to be part of the Cannes lineup that’s due to be announced next week (Maverick riveted the Croisette back in 2022 replete with fighter jets buzzing the Palais).
Paramount begins overseas rollout on May 21 with the domestic release set for May 23.
McQuarrie produces alongside Cruise. David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Don Granger and Chris Brock are executive producers.
