If you happen to follow writer-director Christopher McQuarrie on Instagram, over the past few weeks you’ve likely been treated to a steady stream of character portraits featuring many of the cast members on board for Mission: Impossible 6. Not only that, but he’s also been sharing a good deal of set photos giving us a look at what’s going on behind the scenes of the upcoming blockbuster.
Filming on Paramount’s globe-trotting adventure continues apace today, and though it’s far too soon to expect any form of official teaser, even more set snaps have now arrived. Unfortunately, there’s nothing terribly revealing here, but we do get to see a little reunion between leading man Tom Cruise and his co-star Ving Rhames, who’s been part of the franchise since the beginning and will be returning once again to help his old friend Ethan Hunt.
Additionally, we’ve also got a few other shots, including one of Mission: Impossible newcomer Henry Cavill. Again, there’s nothing particularly exciting to be found in any of the pics, but for fans frothing at the mouth for more from the iconic action series, these will surely help whet the appetite.
What’s more is that we’ve heard in recent weeks that in true Mission: Impossible fashion, the as-yet-untitled sixth installment in the long-running series will have Cruise execute a suitably jaw-dropping stunt. He’s scaled the Burj Khalifa and clung on to an airborne military plane, but what’s next? Whatever it may be, the Hollywood veteran has spent the past year training for M:I 6.
“We could not be more excited about the character Henry Cavill’s going to play,” said McQuarrie. “And I will say after the Burj [Khalifa] we thought it was going to be impossible to top that stunt, and then Tom did the A380 for the plane. What Tom is doing in this movie I believe will top anything that’s come before. It is absolutely unbelievable—he’s been training for a year. It is going to be, I believe, the most impressive and unbelievable thing that Tom Cruise has done in a movie, and he has been working on it since right after Rogue Nation came out. It’s gonna be mind-blowing.”
Also starring Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby, Simon Pegg, Sean Harris, Alec Baldwin and not Jeremy Renner, Mission: Impossible 6 is expected to storm into theaters on July 27th, 2018.
