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As it turns out, even Tom Cruise is not immune to the effects of a pandemic. Mission: Impossible 7 was among the many film productions shut down earlier this year in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Rogue Nation and Fallout director Christopher McQuarrie is back behind the camera for the sequel, which he intended to shoot back-to-back with the eighth installment in the franchise. Speaking with Variety, co-star Simon Pegg confirmed that the seventh film will resume production in Europe and the U.K. this September, starting with outdoor scenes. “That feels fairly doable, and obviously there will be precautions put in place,” said Pegg, who is reprising his role as Benji Dunn.
First assistant director Tommy Gormley also confirmed the September restart date during an appearance on BBC Radio 4's Today program. Gormley seemed optimistic when asked about the difficulties of resuming production on a big action blockbuster:
If we have the protocols in place and we break down all the procedures very carefully…we will get it going again. Some things are very challenging such as stunt scenes, crowd scenes etc. but we can’t do a ‘Mission Impossible’ movie and not have a fight scene or car scenes in it.
In addition to Cruise and Pegg, Mission: Impossible 7 features returning stars Ving Rhames, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby, and Henry Czerny (whose former IMF director hasn’t appeared since the first M:I film). New additions to the cast include Hayley Atwell and Shea Whigham.
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On top of all those great people, they are ADDING Hayley Atwell and Shea?! That is freaking awesome. Somebody remind me what happened to Renner?This franchise doesn’t get talked about enough. Perhaps because Cruise’s shaddow casts so widely over them? But these are GREAT movies.
Can’t agree more. I watched Rogue Nation for the first time in a couple years last week and it’s just pure action and entertainment. Does the plot matter? Do we care? It’s awesome, and that’s all that matters.I saw the first MI in the theater with one of my best friends, and we still compare notes on the new movies even though he moved to France 5 years ago. Can’t wait for this to finally see the light of day as well as the new Bond.
Filming clashes with Avengers. They wanted to kill him off at the start of 5 I think it was but he said no thanks.
Ah, makes sense. Thank you.
I’ve only seen Shea Whigham in Homecoming (and Joker), but I like him, so yay!