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Hindustan Times
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
Brad Pitt says yes to collaborating with Tom Cruise as long as his ‘ass' stays off airplanes; everything to know
What do you get when you put Hollywood's most ageless action star and its smoothest leading man in one movie? A fantasy many fans have been dreaming about since Interview with the Vampire (1994). And now, it just might happen if Tom Cruise can keep his feet on the ground. While promoting his upcoming Formula One movie F1 in Mexico, Brad Pitt was asked whether he'd consider reuniting with Cruise. His response? 'Well, I'm not gonna hang my ass off airplanes and shit like that,' he said with a laugh, referencing Cruise's now-iconic death-defying stunts. 'So when he does something again that's on the ground, [then yes],' he told E! News. Cruise has become known for raising the bar with each new Mission: Impossible movie, most recently The Final Reckoning, which has seen him skydiving, climbing cliffs, and hanging off airplanes. Meanwhile, Pitt's F1, directed by Top Gun: Maverick's Joseph Kosinski and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, leans into high-octane thrills of its own. Kosinski once tried to bring Cruise and Pitt together for his version of Ford v Ferrari, but the studio reportedly didn't greenlight his budget. That project eventually went to James Mangold and starred Christian Bale and Matt Damon. In a recent interview, Kosinski didn't hold back when asked what it would've been like to direct Cruise in a film like F1: 'Tom always pushes it to the limit, but at the same time is super capable and very skilled,'** he said, before adding with a smile, 'But yeah... I could see Tom maybe scaring us a little bit more.'
Gizmodo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Gizmodo
Ethan Hunt Doesn't Die in the New ‘Mission Impossible,' But They Considered It
When the eighth Mission: Impossible film changed its title to 'The Final Reckoning,' we all had the same thought: Tom Cruise's character, Ethan Hunt, was going to die. It would have been the most obvious way to add some real finality to the franchise, but we now know that doesn't happen. Instead, Ethan lives, as does his sworn enemy, the Entity. And, in a new interview, writer-director Christopher McQuarrie discussed those crucial decisions and many more. In an extended, spoiler-filled conversation with Empire, McQuarrie admitted he toyed with the idea of killing his main character and even had an idea of how to do it. 'Everything is on the table,' McQuarrie said. 'There was a moment in the editing of the final sequence of the movie where Ethan goes spinning into that cloud bank where I thought, 'If you cut to his grave right now, you'd feel the sacrifice was sufficient. Wow, that's very, very effective'.' Ultimately, though, he didn't think killing Ethan would've served the story in the right way. 'The idea of a conclusion of a story being the death of that character… they are not one and the same,' McQuarrie said. 'When you fully tie off the story, the story ceases to be. And that's not life. Stories go on, whether or not the movies do.' Which, of course, leaves the door open for more Mission movies. 'Do I think [Mission] is in my rear-view mirror? I want to say yes,' McQuarrie said, adding the caveat that 'Tom Cruise is a force of nature, and a very, very tricky one.' And so, the director admits, he could one day return to the franchise, but only 'if it was the movie I desperately wanted to make.' Another fascinating decision made by McQuarrie at the end of Final Reckoning was the one to not defeat the unstoppable AI, the Entity. Fellow Oscar winner Guillermo del Toro said he wanted the Entity to scream when it was defeated (another revelation from the interview) but McQuarrie chose not to do that and chose not to kill it at all. Instead, it's merely contained, a decision McQuarrie made as a commentary on AI at large 'You can't put the genie back in the bottle,' McQuarrie said about AI. 'Really experienced experts in this field, who have been with it since its infancy, were telling me the only way that you'll ever be able to now combat AI is with AI. It's never going to go away. Destroying the Entity was actually kind of a hollow and empty idea…. [Destroying the Entity is] not going to stop somebody else from making an Entity. And so the idea of Ethan keeping the Entity at the end was fully antithetical to everything we believed—and yet, there it was emotionally in the movie, and that's how the ending came to be.' Whether or not you agree with McQuarrie's thought process here—and we mostly do—it's refreshing to hear him explain why the decision was made. These are things he and his team clearly thought about at length, and no decision was made lightly. Read more from McQuarrie over at Empire and listen to the full discussion at this link. Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning is now in theaters.
Buzz Feed
12-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
The 8 Most Jaw-Dropping Stunts Performed By Tom Cruise In The Mission: Impossible Series
Jumping Between Biplanes - Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning I'm sorry, but I don't understand how Tom Cruise is still alive after all these years performing these death-defying stunts. With the climactic biplane chase scene in The Final Reckoning, Cruise and Company outdid themselves. Not only is Cruise hanging off a flying plane, but he must jump onto another flying one and get into the cockpit. Pure insanity, and we loved every minute of it. Piloting and Falling Out of a Helicopter - Mission: Impossible - Fallout By the end of Fallout, Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt should be out of breath. After all, the audience certainly is! Yet, here he is, climbing up to a mobile helicopter, flying it, and falling out of it in a thrilling chase sequence. This action setpiece was practically a victory lap for the M:I team in their most daring mission to date. Free-Fall Motorcycle Jump - Mission: Impossible: Dead Reckoning Although Dead Reckoning was relatively light on bonkers stunts, it slowly built up to one of the most harrowing set pieces in the franchise's history. In one of the most meticulously crafted stunts, one error could've derailed everything and potentially harmed Cruise's life. But of course, the star successfully vaulted from a moving motorcycle off a ledge. Even more impressive than the execution of the stunt is the breathtaking photography capturing Cruise's audaciousness. Burj Khalifa - Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol Anyone who experienced the IMAX aspect ratio shift when Tom Cruise steps out onto the ledge inside the Burj Khalifa in Ghost Protocol is truly blessed. More reliant on sweat-inducing thrills than visceral action (while also providing an unexpected amount of laughs), you feel like Cruise will plummet to the earth's crust at any moment. The actor and the filmmakers behind M:I never make it easy on themselves. Only they would think to perform a free-solo climb on one of the tallest buildings in the world. Underwater Submarine Dive - Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning In a shocking change of pace for the series, The Final Reckoning's first major set piece features no dialogue or score. The audience is forced to sit with Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt as he submerges into the deep sea and searches through the ruins of a submarine. It's eerily claustrophobic and moody, and being a world-class super-spy never seemed so scary. HALO Jump - Mission: Impossible - Fallout Fallout gets to an incredibly fast start, and by the time Tom Cruise is performing a real HALO jump from an aircraft, moving through the clouds at breakneck speed, the film is officially shot out of a canon. It's almost amusing how much Cruise is willing to go to entertain us and push the boundaries for stunt performance in movies. Hanging Off the Side of a Plane - Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation In a bold storytelling decision, Rogue Nation uses his signature stunt in the cold open, and what a way to grab the audience's attention. You can see it in his face--Tom Cruise is holding on for dear life as a plane takes off at full speed. It may not factor into the main plot of the film, but it captures the essence of M:I to a tee. Free Solo Climb - Mission: Impossible II Mission: Impossible II is known for its dazzling style that doesn't always amount to substance. This impressive, while now relatively rudimentary stunt, speaks to the gaudy nature of the series' second entry. Tom Cruise is in pure movie star mode as he does a free-solo climb on a mountain. The minimalism of the stunt enhances the maximalism of the film's larger-than-life movie star, who hasn't lost a beat twenty years later.
Pink Villa
09-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Pink Villa
China Box Office: The Final Reckoning crosses Dead Reckoning on 2nd Sunday; All set to become 1st Hollywood film to cross USD 50 million since Venom
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning is having a solid run at the global box office if you ignore its production budget that's expected to be in the tune of USD 300 million excluding the marketing expenses that would also amount to more or less USD 75-100 million. After its 3rd weekend at the US box office, the Tom Cruise starrer stands at around USD 453 million and the trend of the movie suggests a finish of around USD 600 million, if not more. Almost all markets, including the domestic market, for MI-8 have delivered as per the pre-release expectations. The most visible mark up in collections over the predicessor is coming from China where The Final Reckoning has crossed Dead Reckoning in 10 days flat. After 10 days, the total stands at just under USD 50 million and the trend suggests a lifetime in the vicinity of USD 70 million. That would mean a solid over-40 percent growth from the last Mission Impossible movie that failed to cross USD 50 million back in 2023. The China market for Hollywood films isn't like it used to be. Mission: Impossible, as a franchise, peaked with Mission: Impossible - Fallout. The collections put up by Dead Reckoning and also The Final Reckoning, will be a fraction of what Fallout managed pre-pandemic. Hollywood films have been affected in China to the extent that the last movie before The Final Reckoning that actually managed to gross USD 50 million is Venom: The Last Dance, way back in late 2024. The last genuine Hollywood success in China is Alien: Romulus. Romulus ' China collections managed to match its domestic collections. Not many films managed to do that back in the days, forget now. Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning is a respectable end to the franchise, talking purely with respect to box office. It could have been worse given how Dead Reckoning crumpled because of the Barbenheimer phenomenon that took the world by storm. This time around too, M:I clashed with a much bigger film than itself, Lilo And Stitch. The live-actioner is on course to cross a billion dollars worldwide and emerge as one of the most profitable movies in recent memory. You can watch Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning in theatres now. Stay tuned to Pinkvilla for more updates on Tom Cruise and his movies.
Yahoo
09-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
19 Years Later, 'Final Reckoning' Retcons an Underrated 'Mission: Impossible' Sequel
Ethan Hunt's world-saving reign has finally come to a conclusion with Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (now in cinemas), which concludes the story established in 2023's Dead Reckoning and wraps up 29 years of franchise lore all at once. The Final Reckoning ties back to the seven previous Mission installments in a number of ways. Still, the most notable aspect is how it retcons a key aspect of J.J. Abrams's Mission: Impossible 3 (2006). Here's everything you need to know about how The Final Reckoning ties back to M:I Final Reckoning picks up several months after the events of Dead Reckoning. In the meantime, the nefarious artificial intelligence known as the Entity has grown exponentially in power, taking control of cyberspace and the entire world's nuclear arsenal. To destroy the Entity, Ethan must locate its source code, which is stored on the sunken Sevastopol submarine at the bottom of the Baltic Sea. "In Dead Reckoning, you got the sense that the whole thing that made the Entity scary was that it could manipulate information, and basically erase truth," our review noted. "But in The Final Reckoning, it's just a mad computer program with the keys to all the nukes on planet Earth."M:I 3 found Ethan Hunt pursuing ruthless arms dealer Owen Davian (Phillip Seymour Hoffman), who possessed a device known as 'the Rabbit's Foot,' an unspecified piece of technology which threatened to bring an end to mankind. After Davian is captured and subsequently freed, he kidnaps Ethan's wife, Julia (Michelle Monaghan). Ethan then delivers the Rabbit's Foot to Davian to secure Julia's release. It's revealed that IMF Director of Operations John Musgrave (Billy Crudup) was working with Davian to secure the Rabbit's Foot so that the IMF would have cause to attack Middle East countries in a bid to 'stop the terrorists overseas and spread democracy,' a particularly 2006 The Final Reckoning's marathon 24-minute cold open, Ethan and Grace (Hayley Atwell) are kidnapped by arch villain Gabriel (Esai Morales), who holds them hostage and monologues his evil motivation. In Dead Reckoning, Gabriel acted as the Entity's human emissary. But in the intervening months, the Entity has decided it doesn't need Gabriel's help to take over the world. Gabriel explains that the Rabbit's Foot was the core module which 'contained a malicious code' --or 'a primordial digital ooze,' if you will--which was used to build The Entity, 'a weapon that the West never could have made on its own.' Davian had previously wanted to harness the power of the code within the Rabbit's Foot, similar to Gabriel's role in Dead Reckoning as the Entity's human emissary. In the ensuing years, as The Entity became more self-aware, it realized it could dominate the world of its own accord and didn't need any puny humans. There was only one thing that could plausibly stop the Entity from achieving its goals: the Rabbit's Foot, then located on the Sevastopol submarine. So the Entity sank the Sevastopol, dooming its source code to a watery the events of M:I 3, the Rabbit's Foot was confiscated by the U.S. government, where it quickly fell into the hands of Director of National Intelligence Denlinger (Cary Elwes), whom Gabriel killed on the train car in Dead Reckoning. Denlinger hoped to use the Rabbit's Foot to eliminate foreign technology deemed a threat to the U.S. When he deployed its use on the Sevastopol, circa 2012, the Rabbit's Foot gained sentience and birthed the Entity. It then sank the Sevastopol. In the ensuing decade, the Entity operated covertly, gaining intelligence from world governments and taking full advantage of its human mouthpieces, greedy also-rans like Davian and Gabriel who hoped to harvest its power but were no match for the Entity the most interesting and least dwelt-upon detail in The Final Reckoning is that Ethan helped to create the Entity by giving Davian the Rabbit's Foot in exchange for Julia's life at the end of M:I 3. In the cold open, Gabriel tells Ethan and Grace that it was clear Julia was Ethan's only weakness, and his eagerness to see Julia freed resulted in his handing over to Davian. After Ethan killed Davian, he returned the device to the IMF, where Delinger got his hands on Impossible 3 never stated outright what the Entity was, but the implication was that it was a weapon of mass destruction. At one point in that film, Benji (Simon Pegg) refers to it as an 'anti-god.' But considering The Final Reckoning's reveal, the only way to make sense of M:I 3 would be to assume the characters themselves didn't know what the Rabbit's Foot was at the time. Abrams's 2006 sequel would suggest the characters were smarter than the audience, with no need to explain the central MacGuffin as it's so incredibly obvious to everyone at the IMF. But if that were the case, why didn't Davian's possession of the Rabbit's Foot raise more governmental alarms? Similarly, how did Denlinger's covert use of the device go undetected for so long? It's a pretty silly plot device, one which undermines the proficiency of the IMF and Ethan Hunt himself, but it goes to show no one saw the possibilities of AI back in 2006.19 Years Later, 'Final Reckoning' Retcons an Underrated 'Mission: Impossible' Sequel first appeared on Men's Journal on May 24, 2025
