Mission Impossible 8 gets trailer and title: ‘The Final Reckoning’

The title of Tom Cruise’s eighth “Mission: Impossible” film has finally been revealed, along with the first trailer.

“The Final Reckoning” is now the official title for “Mission: Impossible 8,” which was originally supposed to be “Part 2” to 2023’s “Dead Reckoning.” It is scheduled to be released on May 23, 2025. The film was originally set for 2022, but was delayed several times by the pandemic and the SAG-AFTRA actors’ strike.

Cruise unveiled the title and a poster Monday morning, along with the caption, “Every choice has led to this.”

In the action-packed trailer, Cruise dives and explores a wrecked submarine, flies and falls out of a biplane, and does a lot of running. Angela Bassett is also revealed to be back as CIA Director Erika Sloane, after her first appearance in “Mission: Impossible – Fallout.”

In “Dead Reckoning,” Cruise’s Ethan Hunt encounters a dangerous AI program called The Entity that seems to predict his every move and could cause disaster if it falls into the wrong hands. After escaping a catastrophic train accident at the end of the film, Ethan realizes that the Entity is hidden aboard an ancient Russian submarine, but an enemy from Ethan’s past named Gabriel (Esai Morales) is also on the trail.

Morales returns for the upcoming film, in addition to Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, Hayley Atwell, Vanessa Kirby, Pom Klementieff, Shea Whigham, Henry Czerny, Greg Tarzan Davis, Mariela Garriga and Indira Varma. Newcomers to the franchise include Hannah Waddingham, Janet McTeer, Holt McCallany, Katy O’Brian, Nick Offerman and Tramell Tillman.

Christopher McQuarrie returns as director and co-writer after helming “Rogue Nation,” “Fallout” and “Dead Reckoning.” He previously collaborated with Cruise on the “Jack Reacher” franchise as well as “Top Gun: Maverick.” The script was written by McQuarrie, Bruce Geller and Erik Jendresen. Cruise and McQuarrie serve as producers. Chris Brock, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Tommy Gormley, Don Granger and Susan Novick are producing with Gina Hallas as co-producer.

See the trailer below.