Tom Cruise is busy filming Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two with director Christopher McQuarrie. From what we've seen of Part One in the trailer so far, there are some pretty impressive stunts on the way. However, a new report suggests things could be about to get even bigger in Mission: Impossible 8.
Per Variety, Cruise and McQuarrie are channeling Top Gun after the action star was spotted filming on a US aircraft carrier in the Adriatic Sea. Cruise flew into the Italian port city of Bari on a helicopter before jetting off on what seems to be the USS George H.W. Bush, a supercarrier from the United States Navy.
This all sounds very familiar to fans of Top Gun and Top Gun: Maverick, where Cruise plays fighter pilot Pete 'Mitchell' Maverick. With reports of a third Top Gun movie very much still up in the air (if you'll pardon the pun), this could be enough to tide us over while we wait for more news.
- Tom Cruise says he had to "train himself to breathe" for intense Mission: Impossible 8 stunts: "There were times I would pass out physically"
- Mission: Impossible 8 director says the latest movie features "the most difficult thing we've ever done" – and it's got the perfect first reaction from an early screening: "I almost had a heart attack"
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One will be coming to cinemas on July 14, 2023. Ahead of its release, Cruise shared an impressible behind-the-scenes look at a dangerous stunt involving a cliff and a motorcycle.
The death-defying setup sees Cruise ride his bike off a cliff, jump off it, and then parachute down. "This is far and away the most dangerous thing we've ever attempted," Cruise says. "It'll be a motorcycle jump off a clip into a base jump. I've wanted to do it since I was a little kid."
For more on other upcoming movies, check out our guide to 2023 movie release dates.
