In the trailer for Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning(Mission Impossible 8), it seems the past is catching up with Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt. This film is a direct sequel to Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) and is the eighth film in the Mission: Impossible series.

As Cruise’s legendary character Ethan Hunt makes his return, navigating between continents and evading threats, the trailer, which is just over two minutes long, heightens excitement for what is being promoted as the final entry in the franchise.

Directed and penned by longtime collaborator Christopher McQuarrie, The Final Reckoning features an ensemble cast that includes familiar actors like Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, and Vanessa Kirby, along with new additions such as Hannah Waddingham, Nick Offerman, and Katy O’Brian.

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Following last year’s Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One, which raked in over $571 million worldwide, this film is anticipated to attract significant attention as one of the summer’s major releases.

Scheduled for release on May 23, the film arrives as Paramount suggests that this could be the last chapter in Ethan Hunt’s story, aiming to build excitement for what may be Cruise’s final mission.