Mission Impossible 8: This actor could return alongside Tom Cruise in the next film of the saga

Of the characters alive at the end of Mission: Impossible Fallout, Erica Sloane could clearly compete for a place in the story of the next episode. Especially since CIA director Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his family were supported in the final moments of Christopher McQuarrie’s 2018 feature film.

Five years later, Angela Bassett was one of those absent from Dead Reckoning. 99%, after his portrait was placed in a room where a meeting was held between the heads of various intelligence agencies and during which the unit, artificial intelligence, which would then be at the center of the story, was discussed.

A sequence in which the actor was to appear, in the flesh. But “Covid pushed me aside”he told her Collider in July 2021. In a sign that the postponement due to the pandemic forced him to withdraw from the film due to a scheduling conflict with the filming of Black Panther 2.

But the door has been left open for a return in Mission: Impossible 8, and Angela Bassett has to walk through it. According to scooper Daniel ‘RPK’ Richtman, According to a source who is none other than himselfDecorated with traditional “information spread” (“It has been reported that”), which allows you to protect yourself in case something is not done.

An insider who is certainly not known for his reliability, quite the opposite. But he’s taking a bit of a risk here, as Angela Bassett’s presence in Mission: Impossible 8 was very possible according to Christopher McQuarrie. Who was booking the casting arrival on her Instagram account, which she recently deleted.

Therefore, we have to wait for another confirmation of Erica Sloane’s return to the franchise: in other media or simply on the first images of the feature film, which is now expected in our cinemas on May 21, 2025.