The Mission Impossible Series is one of the most famous franchises of Hollywood. Tom Cruise is the face of the entire franchise. The first film of the franchise released in 1996- Mission Impossible. That movie was adapted from a TV show of the same title. The show started in 1966 and ran for 7 seasons. After the success of the first film the sequels just kept coming. Some were done well others were cash grab movies that exploited the success and craze of the first film. The first 4 films in the franchise were directed by different directors. However, the fifth film was helmed by Christopher McQuarrie and apparently he did such a good job that the franchise has stuck with him ever since.
He directed the next film in the franchise Mission Impossible: Fallout and now he is going to direct the possibly last two films of the franchise – Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One and Part Two. These two films were supposed to conclude the franchise and give a proper send off to Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt and it looks like director Christopher McQuarrie is going all out in the penultimate installment.
Mission Impossible 7: Dead Reckoning Part One Is The Longest Movie Of The Franchise!
Mission Impossible 7: Dead Reckoning Part One will have a massive runtime (longest in the franchise) as revealed by IGN. The film which is the first of the two part finale will clock in at 2 hours 36 minutes. This runtime is without credits. For comparison, here is the full list of MI movies and their runtimes (including credits):
- Mission: Impossible – 1 hour and 50 minutes
- MI 2 – 2 hours and 4 minutes
- MI III – 2 hours and 6 minutes
- Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol – 2 hours and 13 minutes
- Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation – 2 hours and 11 minutes
- Mission: Impossible – Fallout – 2 hours and 27 minutes
As you can see ever since the fourth installment of the franchise, the runtimes of the films have been getting longer and longer as Christopher McQuarrie introduced a substantial story in this action heavy franchise.
The film stars Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Hayley Atwell, Esai Morales and Vanessa Kirby. Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One is slated to release on 14th July 2023 & Part Two is slated to release on 28th June 2024.
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