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Tom Cruise is a machine—and machines need fuel, especially when you’re clinging to the side of a biplane for Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning. So, what keeps Hollywood’s most relentless action star running? Eggs. Lots and lots of eggs.

“I actually eat a massive breakfast,” Cruise told People about preparing for the high-flying stunt. “The amount of energy it takes — I train so hard for that wing-walking. I’ll eat, like, sausage and almost a dozen eggs and bacon and toast and coffee and fluids. Oh, I’m eating! Picture: It’s cold up there. We’re at high altitude. My body is burning a lot.“

I can’t imagine wanting to do anything after eating a dozen eggs, let alone dangling hundreds of feet in the air, but I’m certainly no Tom Cruise.

The sequence features Cruise hanging from and crawling along the wings...

Crime drama “Bookish” from “Sherlock’s” Mark Gatiss and “Estranei,” directed by Cosimo Alemà, will world premiere at the inaugural edition of the Italian Global Series Festival. Igsf, headed by artistic director Marco Spagnoli, will run June 21-28 in Rimini and Riccione, Italy.

Gatiss is “Bookish’s” executive producer, creator and lead actor. The six-episode limited series, which is set in London in 1946, is produced by Eagle Eye Drama for UKTV and PBS, in association with Happy Duck Films and supported by the Belgian Tax Shelter. Beta Film holds worldwide distribution rights on all seasons, while PBS Distribution holds the North American rights.

The show centers on a bookshop in London’s Archangel Lane, named after its eccentric but whipsmart owner, Book (Gatiss). A former military spy turned maverick detective, Book relishes helping the police solve their most complex murder cases.

He lives happily with his sassy, exuberant wife, Trottie...

Exclusive: Following a brief spell on the sidelines after surgery, Lock Stock and Harry Potter actor Nick Moran is already back in the saddle and has joined the cast of Brit espionage thriller Knightfall, alongside Ian Ogilvy, Jeanine Nerissa Sothcott, Michael Paré and Roger Moore’s son Geoffrey Moore. Directed by Ben Mole, the film follows an infamous former spy catcher who must work with his estranged daughter to avert a homeland security bloodbath and survive a terrifying home invasion. Producer Jonathan Sothcott of Shogun Films commented: “It was great to work with Nick again; he’s a superb actor and this is his third movie for us. It was great to see him having a good time amongst friends and being his usual gregarious self.” Film Bridge International will be handling sales at the Cannes market. Above is a first look at Moran in the movie.

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The new action thriller, “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning”is directed by Christopher McQuarrie, starring Tom ‘Death Wish’ Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Henry Czerny, Mariela Garriga, Holt McCallany, Janet McTeer, Nick Offerman, Hannah Waddingham, Tramell Tillman, Shea Whigham, Greg Tarzan Davis, Charles Parnell, Mark Gatiss, Rolf Saxon, Lucy Tulugarjuk and Angela Bassett, opening May 23, 2025 in theaters:

“…taking place after the events of the TV series,…

‘…the films follow the missions of the ‘Imf' main field team…

“…under the leadership of ‘Ethan Hunt’…

“…to stop enemy forces and prevent impending global disasters…”

Click the images to enlarge…...

Six years have passed since Tom Cruise announced that the seventh and eighth films in the Mission: Impossible franchise would be shot back-to-back, and he has been in production on these films for a long time. We saw Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning back in 2024, and now the follow-up, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, is almost ready to make its way out into the world, heading toward a May 23rd release date. Tickets are on sale now through sites like Fandango – and the Paramount marketing department has unveiled a new “filming in IMAX” featurette, which can be seen at the bottom of this article!

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning tells the second half of the story that began in Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, with Ethan Hunt out to destroy an AI system called The Entity, which is housed in a sunken Russian stealth submarine. Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation,...

“Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning”, is directed by Christopher McQuarrie, starring Tom ‘Death Wish’ Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Henry Czerny, Mariela Garriga, Holt McCallany, Janet McTeer, Nick Offerman, Hannah Waddingham, Tramell Tillman, Shea Whigham, Greg Tarzan Davis, Charles Parnell, Mark Gatiss, Rolf Saxon, Lucy Tulugarjuk and Angela Bassett, opening May 23, 2025 in theaters:

“…taking place after the events of the TV series,…

‘…the films follow the missions of the ‘Imf' main field team…

“…under the leadership of ‘Ethan Hunt’…

“…to stop enemy forces and prevent impending global disasters…”

Click the images to enlarge…...

After eight movies and 30 years, Tom Cruise remains the face of the Mission: Impossible franchise, but in the latest installment, Mission: Impossible The Final Reckoning, everyone plays a vital part.

The upcoming final installment of the film has unveiled 15 character posters featuring its extensive cast, such as Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Henry Czerny, Holt McCallany, Janet McTeer, Nick Offerman, Hannah Waddingham, Tramell Tillman, Angela Bassett, Shea Whigham, Greg Tarzan Davis, Charles Parnell, Mark Gatiss, Rolf Saxon, and Lucy Tulugarjuk.

Picking up from Dead Reckoning Part One, Cruise’s Ethan Hunt now holds the key to confronting the formidable AI known as the Entity – his most perilous adversary yet. The film propels the plot forward as Hunt must gather his team to locate the sunken Russian submarine containing the Entity’s source code, the key to its destruction.

The film is set to premiere Out...

It was recently revealed that the upcoming film in Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible franchise, which sports the ominous title The Final Reckoning, will have a lengthy, epic runtime of two hours and forty-nine minutes. Paramount will now showcase its equally lengthy cast of characters for this movie with fifteen newly released character posters. We have our returning characters, plus new characters including Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Henry Czerny, Nick Offerman, Hannah Waddingham, Tramell Tillman, And Angela Bassett, Shea Whigham, Greg Tarzan Davis with Rolf Saxon and Lucy Tulugarjuk.

Additionally, Paramount has announced that tickets for the film will go on sale on Monday, April 28.

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning tells the second half of the story that began in Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, with Ethan Hunt out to destroy an AI system called The Entity, which is housed in a sunken Russian stealth submarine.

Paramount Pictures has released no less than 15 character posters for Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning. The Motion Picture Association has not yet rated the film, though all the other movies were rated PG-13.

The eighth installment opens in theaters, Dolby Cinema, 4Dx, ScreenX, premium large formats, and IMAX on May 23, 2025.

The film is officially described as follows: “Our lives are the sum of our choices. Tom Cruise is Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning.” All the previous Mission: Impossible movies are currently streaming on Paramount+.

Directed again by Christopher McQuarrie, the new movie stars Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Henry Czerny, Holt McCallany, and Mariela Garriga.

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Janet McTeer, Nick Offerman, Hannah Waddingham, Tramell Tillman, Shea Whigham, Greg Tarzan Davis, Charles Parnell, Mark Gatiss, Rolf Saxon, Lucy Tulugarjuk, and Angela Bassett round out the cast.

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The final “Mission: Impossible” will be the longest film in the whole franchise.

TheWrap confirmed with a source close to production that “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” will have the longest runtime in the entire action franchise. The Tom Cruise-starring film is being touted as the final entry in the series that began back in 1996.

“Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” will reportedly clock in at 2 hours and 49 minutes. That beats out the last film – “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning” – which ran for 2 hours and 42 minutes. If the movie is indeed the finale to the “Mission: Impossible” franchise, it seems they are leaving as much in the last cut as possible.

Christopher McQuarrie returns to direct after steering “Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation,” “Mission: Impossible – Fallout” and “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One.” The eighth film in the franchise was initially titled “Dead Reckoning Part Two...

The latest trailer for Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning gives the impression that this is likely Tom Cruise’s last go around as Ethan Hunt with the whole “everything you’ve done has led you to this” talk. The title was even changed from Dead Reckoning Part 2 to The Final Reckoning, which gives the movie the vibe of a conclusion. While one may think that Tom Cruise may not be able to do these movies forever, he’s still been effectively fighting off father time and finding ways to keep the franchise exciting.

However, if this does happen to be the curtain call for Cruise’s Imf agent, it does stand to reason that he will go out with a bang. World of Reel recently revealed the runtime for The Final Reckoning, which will be nearly three hours at two hours and forty-nine minutes (with credits).

Mission: Impossible –...

Bundle up, friends, because we’re heading to Svalbard, Norway, for a look at Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, which will chill you to your core. Cruise and his team bring a new Final Reckoning featurette to the frontlines today, highlighting some of the upcoming sequel’s astonishing filming conditions. If you thought the cast of Severence looked chilly during the outdoor retreat episode, “Woe’s Hollow,” you haven’t seen anything yet.

“You can’t fake being in minus forty degrees. If you take your gloves off for a few seconds, your fingers start to freeze,” Simon Pegg warns as footage of the cast and crew battle the cold in the new Final Reckoning featurette. “Being in an environment like that adds to the suspense and the drama,” Hayley Atwell adds about filming in the sub-zero temperature.

Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible franchise never shies away from taking things to the extreme,...

A beloved British character actor has been added to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and we've just been offered our first glimpse at the man in action. Disney and Marvel Studios have only just released a brand new trailer for "The Fantastic Four: First Steps," which offers our first look at the film's Silver Surfer (Julia Garner). But it also opens with a glimpse at "Game of Thrones" and "Doctor Who" alum Mark Gatiss, who has an interesting role to play in this summer's superheroic proceedings.

The trailer begins with a speech from the stage of a fictional talk show called "The Ted Gilbert Show," with Gatiss portraying Ted Gilbert. While we don't get to see a ton of him in the footage, save for the opening chunk, Gatiss is very convincing as a retro-futuristic version of a '60s talk show host, that much is certain. His function is to...

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning”. the eighth installment in the action spy movie franchise, is directed by Christopher McQuarrie, starring Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Henry Czerny, Mariela Garriga, Holt McCallany, Janet McTeer, Nick Offerman, Hannah Waddingham, Tramell Tillman, Shea Whigham, Greg Tarzan Davis, Charles Parnell, Mark Gatiss, Rolf Saxon, Lucy Tulugarjuk and Angela Bassett,opening May 23, 2025 in theaters:

“…taking place after the events of the TV series,…

‘…the films follow the missions of the ‘Imf' main field team…

“…under the leadership of ‘Ethan Hunt’…

“…to stop enemy forces and prevent impending global disasters…”

Click the images to enlarge…...

In theaters on May 23rd is Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, starring Tom Cruise.

It was announced on Tuesday that the film will be presented Out of Competition at the Grand Théâtre Lumière at the Cannes Film Festival.

On Wednesday, May 14, actor and producer Tom Cruise, his long-time collaborator, director and screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie, and the cast will walk the steps of the Palais des Festivals.

This is only the Hollywood legend’s third appearance on the Croisette: the first in 1992, for the premiere of Ron Howard’s Far and Away, a few years went by before Tom Cruise’s memorable return in 2022, marked by the premiere of Top Gun: Maverick, his gripping masterclass and the emotional reception of his honorary Palme d’or.

In Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt, who he has portrayed since the beginning of the franchise in 1996, and his...

The next mission for Tom Cruise, should he choose to accept it, is to launch his latest (and maybe final?) entry in his major action series — Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning — at the Cannes Film Festival. Chris Bumbray reported on Cruise’s recent big appearance at the CinemaCon panel where he revealed the new trailer, but first paid tribute to Val Kilmer, “Tom Cruise showed up in person and the exhibitors went nuts. He led off by paying tribute to Val Kilmer who he called a dear friend. Said he was grateful and honored he came back for Top Gun: Maverick. Has us take a moment of silence for him. Ended it with ‘Thank you, Val. I wish you well on your next journey.‘”

Deadline now reports that Cruise is set to launch the latest installment to his iconic action series at the Canne Film Festival this year. Final...

Long expected, now official: “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” will play at the Cannes Film Festival out of competition in May, the festival announced on Tuesday. Tom Cruise, director/co-writer/producer Christopher McQuarrie and the film’s cast will walk the steps of the Palais des Festivals on May 14, a week and a half before the movie hits theaters on May 23.

This is Cruise’s third time at Cannes after Ron Howard’s 1992 immigrant saga “Far and Away” premiered at the festival and 2022’s “Top Gun: Maverick” had an explosive debut. No doubt Paramount is hoping for a similar result with the screening of “The Final Reckoning.”

The star-studded cast for “Mission: Impossible 8” includes Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Henry Czerny, Mariela Garriga, Holt McCallany, Janet McTeer, Nick Offerman, Hannah Waddingham, Tramell Tillman, Shea Whigham, Greg Tarzan Davis, Charles Parnell, Mark Gatiss, Rolf Saxon,...

After nearly three decades of death-defying stunts, elaborate disguises, and impossible missions, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning is—maybe—bringing the epic story of Ethan Hunt to a dramatic close. Directed and written (with Erik Jendresen) once again by Christopher McQuarrie, the mind behind Rogue Nation, Fallout, and Dead Reckoning, the latest chapter is aiming to be the biggest and boldest yet. As the release draws near, Simon Pegg chatted with Collider about Benji Dunn’s journey, the evolving ensemble, and what really makes this "the final reckoning."

As part of Collider’s Exclusive Preview event spotlighting this summer’s biggest films, Pegg opened up on all things Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning. With the stakes higher than ever and the title alone hinting at major consequences, we asked Pegg what makes this the final reckoning. True to Imf form, he kept things close to the chest. He didn’t give anything away,...

Tom Cruise runs, hangs from a plane, and asks for everyone to trust him one final time in the official Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning trailer. Cruise, who hasn’t confirmed if this is his final outing as Ethan Hunt, shows no signs of slowing down. The two-minute M:i – The Final Reckoning trailer teases the death-defying stunts to come in this eighth entry of the blockbuster action franchise.

In addition to Tom Cruise, The Final Reckoning stars Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Henry Czerny, and Mariela Garriga. Holt McCallany, Janet McTeer, Nick Offerman, Hannah Waddingham, Tramell Tillman, and Shea Whigham also star. Rounding out the ensemble are Greg Tarzan Davis, Charles Parnell, Mark Gatiss, Rolf Saxon, Lucy Tulugarjuk, and Angela Bassett.

“Our lives are the sum of our choices. Tom Cruise is Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning,” reads Paramount Pictures’ synopsis.

Every choice, every mission, has all led to this.Tom Cruise risks his life once again to save us all in the new trailer for next month's action sequel (and franchise finale), Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning. Directed by Christopher McQuarrie from a screenplay he co-wrote with Erik Jendresen, the eighth Mission: Impossible movie sees Cruise return as Imf Agent Ethan Hunt as he struggles to learn that our lives are the sum of our choices as he continues to fight to save us all from the rogue AI known as “The Entity” that was introduced in 2023’s Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One. You can check out the new trailer for Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning below.

The action follow-up features an all-star cast alongside Cruise, including Ving Rhames as Luther Stickell, Simon Pegg as Benji Dunn, Henry Czerny as Eugene Kittridge, Vanessa Kirby as Alanna Mitsopolis,...

Is Tom Cruise ready to say goodbye to the “Mission: Impossible” franchise? That’s certainly the tone that permeates the latest trailer for “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning,” which also sees the daredevil dangling from an airplane and coming under fire for his past actions as footage from previous “Mission” movies plays like a memorial tribute to Ethan Hunt.

Christopher McQuarrie returns to direct after steering “Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation,” “Mission: Impossible – Fallout” and “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One.” The eighth film in the franchise was initially titled “Dead Reckoning Part Two” but after the box office underperformance of the previous film, Paramount retitled this movie “The Final Reckoning.”

Full story details are under wraps but this one is clearly being positioned as a farewell of sorts for the franchise, while also following up on plot points from “Dead Reckoning” like the AI Entity.

The star-studded cast includes Hayley Atwell,...

Tom Cruise is back as Ethan Hunt in the trailer for Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning!

Also starring in the film are Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Henry Czerny, Mariela Garriga, Holt McCallany, Janet McTeer, Nick Offerman, Hannah Waddingham, Tramell Tillman, Shea Whigham, Greg Tarzan Davis, Charles Parnell, Mark Gatiss, Rolf Saxon, Lucy Tulugarjuk and Angela Bassett.

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The film does not have a full synopsis, only a short logline: “Our lives are the sum of our choices.” Stay tuned as we learn more!

The latest Mission: Impossible movie will hit theaters on May 23, 2025. This is the eighth film in the franchise, and it is once again directed by Christopher McQuarrie.

Watch the trailer below!

Six years have passed since Tom Cruise announced that the seventh and eighth films in the Mission: Impossible franchise would be shot back-to-back, and he has been in production on these films for a long time. We saw Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning back in 2024, and now the follow-up, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, is almost ready to make its way out into the world, heading toward a May 23rd release date. Just a few days ago, Cruise showed a new trailer for the film to the audience at the CinemaCon event in Las Vegas – and now that new trailer has dropped online! You can check it out in the embed above.

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning tells the second half of the story that began in Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, with Ethan Hunt out to destroy an AI system called The Entity, which is housed in a sunken Russian stealth submarine.

Paramount Pictures has released the new trailer and poster for Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning. The eighth installment opens in theaters, Dolby Cinema, 4Dx, ScreenX, premium large formats, and IMAX on May 23, 2025.

The film is officially described as follows: “Our lives are the sum of our choices. Tom Cruise is Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning.” All the previous Mission: Impossible movies are currently streaming on Paramount+.

Directed again by Christopher McQuarrie, the new movie stars Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Henry Czerny, Holt McCallany, and Mariela Garriga.

Janet McTeer, Nick Offerman, Hannah Waddingham, Tramell Tillman, Shea Whigham, Greg Tarzan Davis, Charles Parnell, Mark Gatiss, Rolf Saxon, Lucy Tulugarjuk, and Angela Bassett round out the cast.

Based on the television series created by Bruce Geller, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning is produced by Tom Cruise and Christopher McQuarrie.

Our mission, should we choose to accept it, is to plant our butts in a bucket seat in a multiplex, grab our popcorn and let Tom Cruise entertain us on the big screen for two hours. That's the goal of Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, the purported final chapter in the thirty-year long spy series, and six weeks from release, we've just had a taster of what's to come. Ahead of the movie's May 23 release date, what should be the final trailer for the Christopher McQuarrie-directed movie has dropped.

Now, this needs to be seen to be believed. We implore you to watch, rather than describe the fun, but suffice to say, Cruise has done it again. The film also stars franchise veterans Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Vanessa Kirby, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Henry Czerny, Angela Bassett, Mark Gatiss, Indira Varma, Shea Whigham, Greg Tarzan Davis and Rolf Saxon,...

Actor Tom Hardy may be currently starring in Paramount+’s new crime drama series, MobLand, but in 2017 he co-created and starred in the period drama Taboo. Although it was meant to have another season, it’s now been eight years since the series, which also starred Stephen Graham (Adolescence), Leo Bill, Jessie Buckley, Oona Chaplin, Mark Gatiss, Tom Hollander, and Jonathan Price, aired its last episode.

Hardy co-created Taboo with Steven Knight, who also created Peaky Blinders, and Hardy’s father, Edward “Chips” Hardy. Ridley Scott served as an executive producer. The series followed James Keziah Delaney (Hardy) as he returned to London during the War of 1812 in an effort to rebuild his late father’s shipping empire.

Why Has Taboo Season 2 Taken So Long?

Now, after eight long years, Hardy has confirmed that work on a second season of Taboo has begun. Per MovieWeb, Hardy discussed why it has taken so long between seasons.

CinemaCon brings Tom Cruise’s living manifestation of destiny, Imf agent Ethan Hunt, back for his final reckoning. The upcoming action sequel Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning finds Cruise back in the lead (and running to save the world), with director Christopher McQuarrie taking the reins once again for what’s been promised as a “satisfying conclusion to a 30-year story arc.”

Tom Cruise was in attendance at CinemaCon to show off a new trailer for The Final Reckoning, and it sounds absolutely bonkers. Check out the footage description, courtesy of ScreenRant.

"The teaser opens with Hunt clinging to the side of a small-engine plane, with snippets from previous movies then flashing across the screen. This includes his CIA vault heist from the original movie, but also the Kremlin bombing from Ghost Protocol and Hunt's gassing of intelligence community leaders in Dead Reckoning.

The trailer then cuts to Hunt being arrested by the military,...

Edgar Wright impressed CinemaCon with a high-octane trailed for The Running Man in one of the highlights of the Paramount Pictures presentation in Las Vegas on Thursday.

The British filmmaker was joined on stage at The Colosseum in Caesars Palace by the film’s lead and CinemaCon Star Of The Year Glen Powell alongside Colman Domingo and Josh Brolin, after production wrapped less than a week ago.

Based on the 1982 novel by Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman that happens to be set in 2025 in a dystopian society amid economic collapse and rising violence, the film follows a man in...

Six years have passed since Tom Cruise announced that the seventh and eighth films in the Mission: Impossible franchise would be shot back-to-back, and he has been in production on these films for a long time. We saw Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning back in 2024, and now the follow-up, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, is almost ready to make its way out into the world, heading toward a May 23rd release date. This is a huge release for Paramount Pictures, so of course they focused on it in a major way during their panel at the CinemaCon event, showing attendees a new trailer.

Cruise was in attendance for the panel and got his appearance started by leading a moment of silence to honor his late Top Gun and Top Gun: Maverick co-star Val Kilmer. JoBlo’s Chris Bumbray reports, “Tom Cruise showed up in person and the exhibitors went nuts.

It’s been a long time, Tom Cruise. As CinemaCon heads into its final day, attendees were treated to a visit from one of global exhibition’s most beloved stars. Post Covid, it’s the first time that Cruise has stepped on stage at Caesars Palace at the Colosseum. Even during the year when Top Gun: Maverick was shown off to exhibs, he wasn’t in attendance because he was shooting Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning and Final Reckoning. In those years, Cruise has sent video messages to CinemaCon attendees. That said, Cruise has made surprise appearances at CineEurope in Barcelona post-pandemic.

Before showing off a piece of footage, Cruise asked the room to take a moment and remember his dear friend and Top Gun 2 Ice Man — Val Kilmer, who died two days ago.

The Paramount/Skydance actioner directed by Christopher McQuarrie is billed as the epic finale to a...

Taboo was a brilliant but underrated 2017 series by the great Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders), with an incredible cast — co-creator Tom Hardy, Leo Bill, Jessie Buckley, Oona Chaplin, Mark Gatiss, Tom Hollander, Stephen Graham, and Jonathan Pryce. Knight said at the time of its release that he had plans for two more seasons, but then... nothing. News about the show trickled out of the industry pipeline over the years, with Knight saying in 2021 that six episodes were written, and producer Dean Baker confirming a second season in 2023. Now we've gotten our biggest update about Taboo yet, and it's not an April Fool's Day joke. Hardy confirmed Season 2 was being written, and while discussing his new show MobLand with MovieWeb, he told us about why it has taken so long and why he's still interested in Taboo.

"I've been busy," said Hardy as to why it's taken eight years. The excellent cast has been busy as well,...

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The Mentalist is a police procedural mystery crime thriller drama series created by Bruno Heller. The CBS series follows Patrick Jane, who has exceptional observational skills. He used to pretend to be a psychic to earn money but now works as a consultant to the Cbi to catch dangerous criminals. His main goal behind joining the Cbi is to catch the notorious serial killer, Red John, who murdered Patrick’s family. The Mentalist stars Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang, Owain Yeoman, Amanda Righetti, Rockmond Dunbar, Emily Swallow, Joe Adler, and Josie Loren. So, if you loved the compelling stories, thrilling mysteries, and entertaining characters in The Mentalist, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Castle is a police procedural mystery crime comedy-drama series created by Andrew W. Marlowe. The ABC series...

Exclusive: Mark Gatiss is suitably on-trend with Bookish. He created and stars in the upcoming series as Gabriel Book, an eccentric bookshop owner and expert sleuth who helps the police solve tricky cases. The show has contained stories – one crime plays out over two episodes – and there are lighthearted elements and something comforting about the cluttered antiquarian bookshop, situated in a picture-perfect historic London lane. There is pre-launch buzz and international buyers have already started snapping up the series.

This is cozy crime, but as the show unfolds, Gatiss’ writing reveals layers and wrinkles that give the series teeth.

“It’s become a bit of an instant cliche, ‘cozy crime’, but I don’t think it has to be,” Gatiss tells Deadline. “It can be welcoming, and this has period elements that people love, and they love a world where you can’t solve crimes with computers. But it’s...

London’s big week in the international TV sun has come to an end, with not one, not two, but three major events running in parallel. Mip London made its debut at the swanky Savoy Hotel and Iet conference center, the well-established London TV Screenings were back and bigger than ever, and the gig that began it all, the BBC Studios Showcase, was held once again. We’ve rounded up five faces who defined the week, from big American stars in town with the U.S. studios to the market creators taking a shot at glory.

Denis Leary: American Stand-Up Royalty In The Big Smoke

Denis Leary was in town promoting ‘Going Dutch’

As noted above, the Screenings wouldn’t be complete without a bit of star power from the other side of the Atlantic and this came in the form of stand-up royalty Denis Leary (also see Kelsey Grammer...

One day longer and hosting unveils of big, big must-check-out series such as Paramount’s “King & Conqueror,” Fremantle’s “Sandokan” and BBC Studios reboot “Walking With Dinosaurs,” this week’s London TV Screenings did nothing to dent its recent status in a new biz order as one of Europe’s two key TV markets alongside October’s Mipcom.

It was these titles and a brace of classy star-studded crime thrillers – Andrew Lincoln’s “Cold Water,” Jesse Williams’ “Costiera,” Mark Gatiss’ “Bookish,” “Maigret” with Benjamin Wainwright – which looked to be moving the needle at this year’s London Screenings, which unspooled Feb. 23-28.

“We are very positively surprised to see that the London TV Screenings has quickly become a key gathering for European fiction,” said José Antonio Salso at Spain’s Atresmedia TV.

“Companies have presented and screened productions with high production value which are sure to be successful.” They...

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In this golden age of television, at any given moment, we have thousands and thousands of options for brilliant and entertaining TV shows, but there are only a few TV shows that will stay with you long after you have finished watching. You will think about their characters, their stories, and, in some cases, their endings. So, today, we thought of making a list of a few shows that you must watch (because of their brilliance) before you die.

Fleabag (Prime Video) Credit – Prime Video

Fleabag is a British dark comedy-drama series created by Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Based on Waller-Bridge’s one-woman show of the same name, the Prime Video series follows a dry-witted young woman in London as she navigates through the complexities of love and life without any life while dealing with a tragedy. Fleabag stars Phoebe Waller-Bridge,...

Exclusive: International buyers have gone big on Bookish. The quirky series was created by and stars Mark Gatiss. It been sold into a handful of territories ahead of its launch on UKTV in the UK and PBS in the U.S.

Beta Film is across distribution. It has booked presales with BBC First for Benelux, AMC Networks for Latin America, Trt in Turkey and Hrt in Croatia. Further deals are in the works.

Gatiss plays eccentric but whip-smart bookshop owner Gabriel Book in Bookish, which is produced by Eagle Eye and Happy Duck Films. A former spy, Book now helps the police solve their knottiest murder cases. He is married to Trottie, who owns the wallpaper shop next door. But is a relationship of convenience given Book is a gay man and the drama is set in late 1940s London, a time when homosexuality was illegal.

The cast includes Bridgerton star Polly Walker,...

Tom Cruise returns as the living manifestation of destiny, Imf agent Ethan Hunt, for one last time (maybe?) in the new trailer for the highly anticipated action sequel Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning. The follow-up sees Cruise reunite with director Christopher McQuarrie on the sequel, which finds Hunt gathering his team together for what promises to be the most personal mission yet. You can check out the new teaser for Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning below.

Directed by Christopher McQuarrie from a screenplay he co-wrote with Erik Jendresen, the eighth Mission: Impossible movie stars Cruise alongside Ving Rhames as Luther Stickell, Simon Pegg as Benji Dunn, Henry Czerny as Eugene Kittridge, Vanessa Kirby as Alanna Mitsopolis, Hayley Atwell as Grace, Pom Klementieff as Paris, and Shea Whigham as Jasper Briggs, as well as Greg Tarzan Davis, Mariela Garriga, Rolf Saxon, Holt McCallany, Nick Offerman, Frederick Schmidt, Mark Gatiss,...

Will this year’s eighth Mission: Impossible movie, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, actually live up to its title and be the final outing in the iconic action franchise? While the recent trailer for the movie certainly hinted that this is the case, with the footage teasing all manner of Easter eggs and finding Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt asking his team to trust him "one last time," it has not been confirmed that this will indeed be the last hurrah for Hunt. Now, director Christopher McQuarrie has chimed in... and suggests that, yes, this is the end of the line.

Speaking with Empire, McQuarrie called Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning the “conclusion” to Ethan Hunt’s arc. Which first began in Brian De Palma’s Mission: Impossible way, way back in 1996.

“It is, I hope, the satisfying conclusion to a 30-year story arc. I’m pretty confident that...

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Watson is a medical mystery crime drama series created by Craig Sweeny. Based on the characters by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the CBS series follows Dr. John Watson after Moriarty kills Sherlock Holmes. Watson continues his medical practice in Pittsburg, working with a brilliant team of doctors to diagnose unidentifiable illnesses. Watson stars Morris Chestnut, Eve Harlow, Peter Mark Kendall, Inga Schlingmann, Ritchie Coster, and Rochelle Aytes. So, if you loved the thrilling mysteries, medical drama, and compelling characters in Watson, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Eagle Eye Hires Drama Director

The Couple Next Door producer Eagle Eye has hired a drama director. Carolina Giammetta, who is currently completing production on Bookish with Mark Gatiss, will develop and direct new dramas for Eagle Eye while coming aboard as EP on the growing slate. Eagle Eye was recently bought by ITV Studios and counts Channel 4’s The Couple Next Door, ITV’s Professor T and UKTV’s Hotel Portofino among its roster. It recently launched Patience, a crime drama starring Laura Fraser and Ella Maisy Purvis. “Our 100% success rate for winning re-commissions on all our new dramas has meant the Eagle Eye slate has grown very rapidly,” said Chief Creative Officer Jo McGrath. “Carolina is a brilliant team player, a superb director with a visual eye and strong editorial instincts.”

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During the early 2000s, American television was laden with captivating crime drama series. Iconic shows like The Wire, Law and Order, and Criminal Minds dominated the airwaves and brought acclaim to the genre. Award-winning series Dexter, Numb3rs and Breaking Bad enjoyed fruitful television runs as well, but there is a 20-year-old crime drama series that arguably outshines its peers — Prison Break. Created by Paul Scheuring, Prison Break is a 2005 crime drama series that aired on Fox for four seasons and was revived in 2017 for a fifth and final season. The series follows a man, Michael Scofield, on his mission to break his brother out of prison. Michael is convinced that his brother, Lincoln Burrows, is innocent of the crime for which he was committed, which was the murder of the vice president’s brother. Eager to free and exonerate his brother, Scofield sacrifices his lucrative architecture career and purposely breaks...

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Prime Target is a mystery thriller drama miniseries created by Steve Thompson. The Apple TV+ series follows Edward Brooks, a brilliant post-graduate mathematics student who discovers that his work could potentially become the key to access every computer in the world. He soon begins to notice that people want to destroy his work. Prime Target stars Leo Woodall, Quintessa Swindell, Sidse Babett Knudsen, David Morrissey, Stephen Rea, and Fra Fee. So, if you loved the thrilling conspiracy, mysterious story, and compelling characters in Prime Target, here are some shows you should check out next.

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Could Benedict Cumberbatch return to one of his most beloved roles? In a recent interview with Variety (via ComicBook), the actor gave some conditions if he were to ever return as Sherlock Holmes.

After joking about needing "a lot of money," Cumberbatch explained that for him to return to the role that launched him into super stardom, the story would have to surpass the original:

"It would take it to be better than it ever was. You leave them or yourselves wanting more. There’s always that itch to scratch, but I think it would have to be the superlative version of what we’ve already achieved."

Sherlock debuted on the BBC in 2010 and became a hit with fans and critics alike, with its feature-length three-episode seasons. It was created by Stephen Moffat (Doctor Who) and Mark Gatiss (The League of Gentlemen) and is a modern retelling of Sherlock Holmes...

You will not believe it when I tell you the number of times an Avenger has also played Sherlock Holmes onscreen. Two! I know the number is not much, but it’s still impressive, right?

First up, we have our very own Robert Downey Jr., who, for the uninitiated played Iron Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

But then we’ve also got Benedict Cumberbatch – who need no introduction as Dr. Strange, surely – playing the lead role in the Sherlock Holmes British TV series created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss.

In his latest interview, Cumberbatch revealed that returning as the illustrious crime solver Sherlock Holmes is not completely off the table. There’s just one thing that the creators have to get right.

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Next month brings bad news for action, Tom Cruise, and Mission: Impossible fans, courtesy of Netflix. Beginning back in 1996, the Mission: Impossible is now on its eighth installment and has since become one of the most popular action movie franchises of all time. Thanks in large part to Tom Cruise and his dedication to putting his own life on the line at any given opportunity for the sake of our cinematic entertainment.

But, while Mission: Impossible 8, Aka Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning is due to hit theaters later this year, audiences don’t have long to catch up with the beginnings of the franchise, as Mission: Impossible, Mission: Impossible II, and Mission: Impossible III are all set to leave Netflix in February. All three movies, which introduce audiences to Tom Cruise as Imf agent Ethan Hunt in a reboot of the 1966 TV series created by Bruce Geller, will...

Benedict Cumberbatch has revealed the humorous ways his Marvel Cinematic Universe co-star Robert Downey Jr. would relieve tension on set. Downey would joke about the fact that both he and Cumberbatch portrayed Sherlock Holmes.

Downey portrayed Sherlock in the 2009 period film Sherlock Holmes, with Jude Law starring opposite him as Dr. John Watson. The film, which won Downey the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy, went on to spawn a sequel, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. Cumberbatch played the famous detective in the BBC's crime drama series created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, with Martin Freeman as Watson. Cumberbatch's Sherlock was also successful, winning multiple Emmys and a Peabody Award.

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Speaking with Variety, Cumberbatch said...

Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch gives fans a somewhat bleak update on the future of the series.

Speaking to Variety, Cumberbatch was asked what it would take for him to reprise his role as Sherlock Holmes, to which he responded jokingly, "A lot of money." Cumberbatch added, "It would take it to be better than it ever was. You leave them or yourselves wanting more. There's always that itch to scratch, but I think it would have to be the superlative version of what we've already achieved."

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Released in early 2020, Netflix’s Dracula series offers a fresh and exciting take on one of literature’s most iconic and suave monsters. Created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, the masterminds behind the groundbreaking BBC Sherlock series, this adaptation pulls viewers into a dark, suspenseful, horrifically gory, and often witty reinterpretation of Bram Stoker’s classic tale. From its stunning visuals to the commanding performances, especially from its lead actor, the show presents a unique balance of gothic horror and modern storytelling. Across three feature-length episodes, it explores the original classic stories and acts in three distinct stories.

At its core, Dracula isn’t just about fangs and blood, but - like its source material - a profound examination of humanity, fear, and the meaning of evil itself. Moffat and Gatiss’ flair for clever dialogue and inventive storytelling brings new dimensions to the narrative, while still honoring the spirit...

2020's Dracula miniseries is a totally fresh reimagining of Bram Stoker's original novel, making several huge changes from the book and giving the narrative an entirely different subtext. The project was fairly polarizing upon its release, but in the years since, audiences have begun to appreciate this series for its bold vision and clear storytelling voice. While other Dracula-inspired projects like Nosferatu have been huge box office hits thanks to their loyalty to the original text, 2020's Dracula is arguably a riskier and braver adaptation that isn't afraid to take some liberties with the story.

The Dracula miniseries comes from Doctor Who writers Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, who bring their own witty creativity to this original script. The pair made a name for themselves on the BBC's iconic sci-fi drama, with Moffat serving as head writer between 2010 and 2017. This adaptation of Dracula stars John Heffernan as Jonathan Harker,...