“Mission: Impossible ”turns 30! See Tom Cruise and the original cast, then and now

Impossible film franchise was born. Tom Cruise made a strong first impression as Ethan Hunt, an Impossible Missions Force ...
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Tom Cruise’s ‘Mission: Impossible’ Franchise Faces An Uncertain Future After ‘The Final Reckoning’

For nearly three decades, Tom Cruise’s ‘Mission: Impossible‘ franchise has been a pillar of Hollywood’s blockbuster culture. With eight action-packed installments, $4.7 billion in global box office ...
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Why the ‘Mission: Impossible’ movie franchise endures after 3 decades and how it stacks up in terms of box office

The first Mission: Impossible film came out in 1996 when star Tom Cruise was 34 years old. Fast-forward to Memorial Day weekend 2025: Cruise is 62, and there’s speculation that Mission: Impossible—The ...

30 years later, Mission Impossible’s most unlikely star looks back: 'There was never a script'

In it, Impossible Mission Force agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) must infiltrate a CIA computer kept in a room-sized vault with ...

30 Years Ago the Mission: Impossible Franchise Kicked Off With a Massive Fan Betrayal (But a Very Cool Movie)

Such was the case 30 years ago this week, on May 22, 1996, when the first Mission: Impossible movie opened. Based on the TV ...
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Celebrate the 30th anniversary of Tom Cruise's first Mission: Impossible

The Mission: Impossible film franchise is based on the hit espionage TV series from the late '60s, created by Bruce Geller ...
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The Mission: Impossible Movies Were Great Overall, but These 4 Are Genuine Action Masterpieces

Liam Gaughan is a film and TV writer at Collider. He has been writing film reviews and news coverage for ten years. Between relentlessly adding new titles to his watchlist and attending as many ...
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Mission: Impossible 8 Finally Answered A Burning Franchise Question, But Left A Huge Loose Thread In The Process

Warning: if you haven’t seen Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning just yet, there are massive spoilers in play here. One subject is tied to how a huge franchise question got an unexpected, but ...

'Mission: Impossible' star calls franchise 'gift beyond imagination' on 30th anniversary

Impossible’ was going to turn into the amazing franchise that it is,” Czerny told PauseRewind’s Elizabeth Stanton at the ...
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Mission: Impossible Has the Perfect Opportunity for a Franchise Reboot Fans Will Never See Coming

The Final Reckoning really feels like the end because the stakes are just that high, meaning there’s no way to continue the franchise without completely retooling things. Well, an oversight in the ...
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Brad Bird Was an Even Better Fit for Mission: Impossible Than Christopher McQuarrie, and I Wish He Stayed

Collier Jennings is an entertainment journalist with a substantial amount of experience under his belt. Collier, or "CJ" to his friends and family, is a dedicated fan of genre films - particularly ...