5 Fun Facts You Can’t Miss About Mission Impossible Franchise Ft Tom Cruise!
The newest film of this franchise titled Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning will be premiering at Cannes Film Festival 2025.
Who isn’t a Mission Impossible, or well, a Tom Cruise fan? The various films of this franchise have kept us entertained for years and we can again go back to re-watching them. If you feel like it, then start the Mission Impossible marathon now because soon, the next chapter, Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning is going to hit the theatres. But first things first, are you really an MI fan if you don’t know these fun facts about it? Read on to know more.
The Origin
Well, Mission Impossible is actually inspired by the classic 1966 television series series which ran for 7 seasons. The show was brought back again in 1988 with two new seasons. This classic series featured actors like Steven Hill, Barbara Bain, and Greg Morris.
Action
This is quite know, but still. Many of the action and explosion scenes in this franchise are very much real. In one of the scenes in Mission Impossible Part 2, Tom Cruise was attacked with a knife by Sean Ambrose. However, the knife literally was stopped by the hero right before it could poke his eyes. Now the fun fact here was that Tom Cruise convinced the makers to get a real knife in this scene. And the close-up shot of his eyes in front of the pointed knife still gives us goosebumps.
Director
Christopher McQuarrie has directed the most number of films in this franchise. Among the seven films, the eighth would be MI: The Final Reckoning, Christoper has directed three of the films- Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015), Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018), and Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023).
The Star Trek director JJ Abrams first feature film was Mission Impossible III before he went on to do Star Trek.
It Has Maintained Longevity
Mission Impossible’s franchise began in 1996 and the films have only gotten better. Another thing to be appreciated here is that the wait between each film is not very long. The franchise’s eighth film will be releasing May 23, 2025. The franchise has completed 26 years in cinemas, and well it is going to entertain us for years to come!
The More Tom Cruise Runs, The More Movie Works!
As per research by Rotten Tomatoes, it was proven that Tom Cruise’s running actually works a lot for the film. As per the report, Cruise running more than 1,000 feet makes more money at the box office! Fun, right?
First Published: April 09, 2025 4:17 PM
