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Hayley Atwell is joining another high-octane team. The Marvel veteran has been cast alongside Tom Cruise in the new Mission: Impossible movie, the seventh in the franchise and the first of two being directed back-to-back by Christopher McQuarrie. The helmer and the actor traded the news on their Instagram accounts…

Oscar winner Christopher McQuarrie (The Usual Suspects) and Anthony Peckham (Invictus) have boarded The President Is Missing, the drama series adaptation of the novel by President Bill Clinton and James Patterson. McQuarrie will executive produce the project, currently in development, with Heather McQuarrie and the…

Christopher McQuarrie has been set to return to Paramount’s Mission: Impossible franchise, recently signing a deal to write and direct the next two films. He confirmed the pact today on Twitter. The news comes after McQuarrie piloted Mission: Impossible – Fallout to the franchise’s top total box office; the pic…

An elite group of film directors have appealed directly to Warner Bros Picture Group chairman Toby Emmerich to try and save FilmStruck, the subscription streaming service that offers indie and prestige titles that are part of the Criterion Collection. This after WarnerMedia said it would shutter the service at the end…

Tom Cruise has a right to gloat this week. I will grant him that because, precisely ten years ago, all he wanted to do was hide. Cruise once confided to me that one of his abiding rules was to "stay resilient," and he's proved his point.. The mega success of his sixth Mission: Impossible elevates Cruise to the status…

SATURDAY AM UPDATE: Paramount/Skydance's Mission: Impossible – Fallout continued overseas rollout on Friday, raising the cume through yesterday to $38.3M including previews. That sets the sixquel on track for a muscular $80M+ opening weekend across 36 markets at the international box office. Should that hold, along…

He broke his ankle making Mission: Impossible – Fallout, but it was all worth it. Tom Cruise’s sixth go-round as IMF leader Ethan Hunt is an unqualified corker of a summer action film, the best in the series that has been going since 1996. As I say in my video review above, the M:I franchise just keeps topping itself…

Paramount/Skydance's Mission: Impossible – Fallout blew up on social media when critics got their first glimpse this week, and as reviews stream in, it’s seeing some of the best notices of the franchise. With international rollout beginning on July 25 and domestic going July 27, cast and crew were on hand for last…

They sure don’t make movie stars like Tom Cruise anymore. Cruise, who will be 56 by the time Paramount releases Mission: Impossible Fallout on July 27, continues to push himself in directions that would make any other gross participation movie star go, “Bring on the stuntman!” Cruise broke his ankle filming the…

Warning spoilers ahead. While Tom Cruise phoned it in from London last year for his Mummy CinemaCon session for Universal, it stands to reason that the blockbuster actor would be at Paramount’s session today considering he is being lauded at tonight’s Pioneer Dinner. Appearing on stage with Mission: Impossible – Fallou…

Christopher and Heather McQuarrie's Invisible Ink production company has brought on veteran producer Jillian Share, former SVP Creative for Legendary, as EVP of Television Production and Development. In her new role, Share will pursue television projects for the company to develop and will oversee all aspects of…

UPDATED with Paramount statement: Paramount just issued an official statement regarding Tom Cruise and Mission: Impossible 6. The studio expects to keep its summer 2018 date despite the star’s broken ankle. Per Paramount: “During production on the latest Mission: Impossible film, Tom Cruise broke his ankle while…