Tom Cruise and Christopher McQuarrie are joined by Stephen Oyoung for Mission: Impossible 8, which continues to film.
The production of Mission: Impossible 8 feels like it’s been going on for a very long time now. In part, in fairness, because it started shooting back to back with Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, which landed in cinemas all the way back in the summer of 2023.
Christopher McQuarrie has written and directed the film, which of course is being led by Tom Cruise. Production has been held up by, amongst other things, a global pandemic, a writers’ strike, an actor’s strike, and a malfunctioning submarine. As such the film continues to shoot, and over two years since film began, the cast is still expanding.
Enter stage left Stephen Oyoung, who’s popped up last week in cinemas in Twisters. He’s been added to the Mission: Impossible 8 ensemble in an undisclosed role, but given that the whole plot of the film is being kept secretive, that’s no surprise.
Filming continues on the movie for a little while yet, but heck, it’s surely got to finish soon. The cast list is extensive enough to hit the wordcount for this news piece without even breaking a sweat. Those new to the series include Hannah Waddingham, Katy O’Brian, Nick Offerman, Janet McTeer and Holt McCallany. Nobody is betting against a few more names being added to the list at this rate.
The release date for the film that now won’t be called Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two is currently set for 23rd May 2025. Its original release date was set for August 2022, and it’s jumped to November 2022, July 2023 and June 2024 before it settled on next May.
More on Mission: Impossible 8 as we hear it.
