Mission: Impossible - Every Movie In Chronological Order
The Mission: Impossible movie franchise debuted in 1996 and has received five sequels thus far; here's the franchise's chronological order.
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
The fifth film in the franchise, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, is an action-thriller film that takes place after the events of Ghost Protocol and continues following former IMF agent Ethan Hunt and his crew. With the IMF disbanded and the crew now rogue agents, they decide to take the fight to the terrorist organization known as the Syndicate. This opposing rogue operation has recruited other agents worldwide to engage in black-ops terrorist actions, and Ethan's crew intends to shut them down.
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
- Director
- Brad Bird
- Release Date
- December 15, 2011
- Studio(s)
- Paramount Pictures
- Distributor(s)
- Paramount Pictures
- Cast
- Tom Cruise , Paula Patton , Simon Pegg , Jeremy Renner
- Writers
- Christopher McQuarrie
- Runtime
- 2h 13m
- Franchise(s)
- Mission: Impossible
- Sequel(s)
- Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation , Mission: Impossible - Fallout , Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning
- prequel(s)
- Mission: Impossible , Mission: Impossible 2 , Mission: Impossible III
- Budget
- 140-145million
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