Mission Impossible 8: Is it really the last film for Tom Cruise?

There is no public holiday for Tom Cruise! On Monday, November 11, the first, highly anticipated, images of Mission: Impossible 8 were revealed. With its title: final report. Which failed to revive speculation that this would be Ethan Hunt’s final film venture.

And it’s not the trailer, which plays the action card almost as much as the emotion card, amid the final mission and sacrifices, that made us think otherwise. Maybe we shouldn’t think too much of a new false lead from Saga, which specializes in games of appearances, deception and disguises.

But, six months before it hits our theaters on May 21st, 2025 (after a visit to Cannes that brought Top Gun: Maverick good fortune), the question still looms today, and here’s what we know about the subject.

What does “final report” mean?

“The Final Finish”, “The Final Judgment” Even “The Last Judgment”. Which, in the absence of a French version of the title (which the saga only met with Phantom Protocol in 2011), likely won’t help clear up the mystery. For this may be the final test of Ethan Hunt’s journey of martyrdom, which is still as much about the Stations of the Cross (even the shape of the key after which he ran after the previous opus) as “A. The danger of the final decision that lies around the world with the entity that can all armies Launching nuclear missiles.

Is this the end of the saga or not?

It’s a good question. When it was announced that Episodes 7 and 8 would be filmed back-to-back, earlier in the world, Tom Cruise and Christopher McQuarrie’s words called for an end to the action and espionage franchise that began in 1996. And today the trailer goes this direction: “Our life is the sum of our choices”we understand

But also:

• “Everything you’ve been, everything you’ve done has led us to where we are.”
• “You refuse to sacrifice your loved ones”
• “I don’t regret it, you shouldn’t have”
• Or at least this “Trust me for once.” towards the camera, as if addressing the audience.

So many responses indicating that the fuse is about to blow. And that this adventure that will make the loop first through The return of William Donloe (Rolf Saxon), the victim of the famous robbery of the CIA headquarters, who was transported to Alaska in the same hour, because this bravery was not prevented, will be the last. that the consequences of Ethan’s actions, especially the previous films, will stand in his way. of the cross.

Even if the hero sacrifices himself to save his friends (and therefore the world) and redeem Ilsa Faust (Rebecca Ferguson) from the death he was unable to avoid in the previous opus? Many elements of the trailer and the films before it point in this direction. But the problem may be right here. Like Guardians of the Galaxy 3 rocketing into 2023, the images could be misleading.

Missions for Tom Cruise before 80?

And don’t count on Christopher McQuarrie and Tom Cruise to shorten the suspension. While promoting Dead Reckoning, the director suggested he had some ideas to continue the adventure beyond the eighth film, with the star saying he wanted to be like Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones: doing stunts on the big screen until he’s 80.

This could clearly be bait, as Simon Pegg recently posted a video in which he claimed to have filmed his final scene in the saga and the (unreliable) Scooper Jeff Snyder Says Tom Cruise wants to see Glenn Powell, one of his bees from Top Gun: Maverick, in his place. Something the Twisters star has already denied (unreliable, we told you). And one possible option would also be to have an ending that could be a conclusion… and leave the door open for a sequel, with a very much alive Ethan Hunt.

But it is not surprising that the actor and his accomplice are sowing trouble to this extent. We still don’t know the plot of the film (even if the second part of the story claims everything will revolve around the essential race), so its ending will not be revealed today. See you on May 21, 2025.