Tom Cruise‘s Ethan Hunt returns for the first part of the series send-off this July in “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One.” The penultimate film in the franchise sets up the stakes for “Dead Reckoning Part Two” next summer, with the usual IMF crew, and Hayley Atwell, Esai Morales, Shea Whigham, and Cary Elwes also on board this time. But what about the cast of next year’s movie?
Well, Deadline experiences that Christopher McQuarrie has one other new solid member for the “M:I” finale: “Ted Lasso” star Hannah Waddingham. Plot particulars for the upcoming movie are nonetheless beneath wraps, as is Waddingham’s function. But it’s an enormous coup for the actress, who’s seen her star rise due to “Lasso,” “Sex Education,” and “Hocus Pocus 2.” Waddingham additionally has one other actioner upcoming, 2024’s “The Fall Guy” with Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt.
But “Dead Reckoning Part Two” will be the most high-profile venture of Waddingham’s profession but. The actress joins different newcomers for the ultimate “M:I” installment, like Holt McCallany, Nick Offerman, Mark Gattiss, Charles Parnell, Janet McTeer, and Mariela Garriga. The movie bows on June 28, 2024, and because the send-off to Cruise’s most extravagantly action-packed movies, count on the star and McQuarrie to tug out all of the stops for the grand finale.
But “Dead Reckoning Part One” comes first, hitting theaters on July 14. And after “Mission: Impossible – Fallout” put up report numbers for the franchise (to not point out Cruise’s field workplace success with “Top Gun: Maverick” final 12 months), count on “Dead Reckoning” to be one the summer season’s largest films. In the meantime, Waddingham has “Ted Lasso” Season 3 premiering on Apple TV+ now and “Sex Education” S4 hitting Netflix later this 12 months.