Tom Cruise rides outside of an airplane upside down in new Mission: Impossible 8 stunt photos. Cruise is currently shooting the franchise's eighth installment, returning as IMF agent Ethan Hunt for director Christopher McQuarrie. Cruise is joined by series regulars Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, Vanessa Kirby, and Rebecca Ferguson. The franchise's new stars include Hayley Atwell, Pom Klementieff, Esai Morales, and Henry Czerny, who returns to the series after appearing in the original 1996 film as IMF lead Eugene Kittridge.
Mission: Impossible 7 recently wrapped production after a string of delays due to the pandemic, which ultimately pushed the film's release date to September 30th, 2022. Initially, Mission: Impossible 7 and 8 were expected to film back-to-back, but the pandemic changed those plans. McQuarrie has helmed the last three films and is again on board for the eighth, which is now shooting according to some new behind-the-scenes pics.
Tom Cruise is seen performing yet another dangerous stunt for Mission: Impossible 8 (via Fox News), this time riding on the outside of a 1941 Boeing B75N1 Stearman biplane at 2,000 feet, which flipped upside down, putting the actor upright on the wing. According to Fox, Cruise has been taking flying lessons to prepare the sequence. The images show the actor performing the stunt himself in a series of photos that outline the stunt shot-by-shot.
With Mission: Impossible 7 already done filming and his sequel to Top Gun, Top Gun: Maverick in the can, Cruise will have two major releases in 2022. His next venture post Mission: Impossible 8 is yet another first for the actor; a film set in actual space. The untitled film is written by McQuarrie and expected to be directed by Edge of Tomorrow's Doug Liman, which would have sequences filmed in actual outer space in collaboration with SpaceX. However, before the actor can suit up for a trip to space, he'll need to survive dangerously riding on the wing of an airplane and whatever other insane stunts McQuarrie and he have planned for M:I 8.
Cruise is no stranger to doing his own stunts and is one of the few actors who typically handle them on his own. McQuarrie has said that Mission: Impossible 8 would have even more dangerous stunts than Mission: Impossible 7, and this looks to be just the beginning of that promise being kept. Each Mission: Impossible film has upped the ante on what Cruise will pull off, and despite being told not to smile repeatedly while shooting, he continues to wow audiences with his commitment. Mission: Impossible 8 is expected to light the fuse on July 7th, 2023.
Source: Fox News
