It seems like Cruise and Mission: Impossible distributor Paramount also disagree about what the future of the franchise looks like. A recent report from The Hollywood Reporter indicated that Paramount wanted to market The Final Reckoning as the last Mission: Impossible movie. However, Cruise reportedly disagreed with their proposed strategy. Despite its desired marketing strategy for The Final Reckoning, it is unclear if Paramount actually wants the Mission: Impossible franchise to end, as it is also possible that they just want to advertise it as the last movie to drive more ticket sales.
Leading up to the release of Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, there has been a lot of speculation that it will be the final entry in the long-running spy franchise. The Final Reckoning will be the eighth Mission: Impossible movie and will pick up after Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning’s cliffhanger ending. The story of the upcoming Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning will follow Ethan Hunt and his team as they continue to fight against villains like Gabriel and the artificial intelligence program known as The Entity
Paddington In Peru has picked up where the first two films, 2014’s Paddington and 2017’s Paddington 2, left off for financier-distributor Studiocanal – connecting with UK and Ireland audiences to the tune of $39.8m (£31.3m) after six weeks on release. Whether it is able to match or surpass the UK box office for the first two films, which grossed $48.5m (£38.1m) and $54.2m (£42.6m) respectively, remains to be seen, but it is already the sixth highest-grossing release of 2024 in its home market. And without Alison, there might never have been a successful family film franchise based on Michael Bond’s literary creation, first introduced to the world in his 1958 book A Bear Called Paddington.
The cast of Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning includes Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Simon Pegg, and Ving Rhames. The upcoming Mission: Impossible movie was shot back-to-back with Dead Reckoning, so director Christopher McQuarrie will also be helming The Final Reckoning. It has long been suggested that Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning will be the last movie in the series, but neither Cruise nor McQuarrie have confirmed this. Therefore, it’s possible that more Mission: Impossible movies will be made after The Final Reckoning.
Marketing The Final Reckoning as the last Mission: Impossible movie will surely convince more people to go to the theaters to watch the film. Furthermore, if a Mission: Impossible movie is released after The Final Reckoning, advertising that film as Cruise’s return to the franchise would also be a smart marketing strategy. Therefore, it is understandable why Paramount would want to market The Final Reckoning as the last Mission: Impossible movie, even if it isn’t.
Tom Cruise has been the face of the franchise since the very beginning and has produced every single Mission: Impossible movie. Therefore, his thoughts on the future of the franchise are very important to consider. Ahead of the release of Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, Cruise cited Indiana Jones star Harrison Ford as a legend who is still making movies. Therefore, Cruise expressed his desire to still be making Mission: Impossible movies when he’s in his 80s.
Young told Alison that King was a huge Paddington Bear fan – “and my daughter was a crazy Mighty Boosh fan so I thought, yeah, absolutely. The moment I met Paul, I thought, what an amazing person. It was so clear that he was very interested in the storybook theatricality [of the original FilmFair-produced late 1970s TV series] and would come to Paddington bringing that world alive, a sort of world creation. That was what one could see Paddington might be – you didn’t want something like Alvin And The Chipmunks.”
The Final Reckoning still works as a title even if it is technically not the last Mission: Impossible movie. Firstly, Mission: Impossible 8’s new title connects to the previous entry in the franchise, Dead Reckoning. This is good, as The Final Reckoning’s story will continue from where Dead Reckoning left off. Furthermore, The Final Reckoning is undoubtedly an intriguing subtitle for a movie, so no one would bat an eye if it’s not the last movie in the franchise.
It is so close to my heart,” says Rosie Alison of her connection to the Paddington film franchise, which goes right back to the very beginning, even if it is only now she is getting her full due as producer, credited with that title for the first time on Paddington In Peru. She takes the baton from her boss at Heyday Films, David Heyman, who had the credit on the first two films, for which Alison was listed as executive producer. “Our Paddington journey has been a particular joy, and I was delighted that he encouraged me to produce this third film.”
