Impossible - The Final Reckoning will bring an end to Ethan Hunt's adventures, Tom Cruise and Christopher McQuarrie have weighed in on whether this is really the end.

Atwell told The Guardian newspaper that improvisation by the cast was encouraged on the Mission: Impossible set – she came up with the idea of her character Grace being a pickpocket, which was incorporated into the script. Audiences of Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One saw Cruise plunge over a cliff on his bike and Atwell explained:

Tom Cruise returns as Ethan Hunt this summer and, on a new Empire Magazine cover, the actor once again puts his life on the line for perhaps his most batsh*t crazy stunt to date. Find out more

Many fans know that Tom Cruise performs all of his own stunts in the MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE series, but doing so in

Tom Cruise gives a cryptic response when asked if this summer’s Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning will be the long-running action franchise’s final installment. The actor spoke with Empire as part of the outlet’s cover story on the upcoming blockbuster,

Impossible - The Final Reckoning has a feeling of finality to it. Not only does the title include the word final, but it will wrap up the story that kicked off in one of the franchise’s biggest and boldest films,

While it’s almost hard to believe, we are a few months out from seeing what could be Tom Cruise’s last Mission: Impossible movie. On the 2025 movies calendar for May is the re

The Final Reckoning, the long-running spy franchise might actually say goodbye to it central action hero. In fact, the title of the film may indicate that one character, Tom Cruise's Ethan Hunt, may not make it out alive.

That's not a clear answer either way, then, but it certainly sounds like this could be Cruise's final time in the Mission: Impossible franchise. "Final" is very final, after all.