The First Trailer for Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One Teases the Beginning of the End for Ethan Hunt

After leaking over the weekend, Paramount Pictures has released the official trailer for Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One, the seventh Mission: Impossible film, and will feature stars Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby, and Henry Czerny (reprising his role from the first film as Eugene Kittridge, the former IMF director last seen in the first Mission: Impossible) all returning, in addition to newcomers Hayley Atwell, Shea Whigham, Pom Klementieff, Esai Morales, Rob Delaney, Cary Elwes, Indira Varma, Mark Gatiss, Charles Parnell, Greg Tarzan Davis & Frederick Schmidt. The film will be released in theaters on July 14th, 2023.

As for what the film is about, the synopsis simply reads, "it is time to pick a side." Being part one of a two-part finale to the Mission: Impossible film franchise, it certainly looks like Ethan Hunt and crew are going to have their hands busier than last time, which seems insane given the stacks of the previous film, Mission: Impossible - Fallout (also directed by Christopher McQuarrie - marking his third directing job on the franchise). While the teaser is looking rough due to some clearly unfinished effects shots and awkward flow, I have complete faith in McQuarrie to deliver one of, if not the best, Mission: Impossible film to date.

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