Following having won for Best Action Movie at the recent Critics Choice Awards, Paramount announces two more Mission: Impossible films are in the works with director Christopher McQuarrie and Tom Cruise returning.
McQuarrie will be writing and directing the new Mission: Impossible movies that are filming back-to-back and confirmed the news on Twitter, “Missions: Accepted.”
Tom Cruise also confirmed release dates with “Summer 2021 and Summer 2022.”
The most recent movie, Mission: Impossible – Fallout, that also starred Henry Cavill, was a big hit at the box office bringing in near $800 million.
Variety reports Paramount is filming the two new flicks back-to-back to take advantage of the popularity caused by Fallout. The new movies are getting 2021 and 2022 release dates because Paramount and Tom Cruise have Top Gun 2 coming out in 2020.
THR further offers that McQuarrie turned down multiple offers from other studios, including Warner Bros. offering DC projects, but the director chose to take a breather and stay true to his friend and partner, Cruise.
Missions: Accepted#MissionImpossible
— Christopher McQuarrie (@chrismcquarrie) January 14, 2019
Summer 2021 and Summer 2022 pic.twitter.com/V6SNvZx2La
— Tom Cruise (@TomCruise) January 15, 2019
