MISSION IMPOSSIBLE Sequels Will Arrive in 2021 & 2022

After another successful "Mission Impossible" sequel premiered this summer ("Fallout"), Entertainment Weekly reports that Paramount Pictures has set specific dates for the next two sequels.

Mission: Impossible 7 is scheduled for release on July 23, 2021, and Mission: Impossible 8 will open on Aug. 5, 2022.

Tom Cruise will lead both installments, as will Christopher McQuarrie.

"We couldn't be more excited to build on the massive success of Mission:Impossible - Fallout by reteaming with Chris and Tom on these next two films, following two successful collaborations," Jim Gianopulos, Chairman and CEO of Paramount Pictures, said in a statement. "We've also enjoyed a great partnership with Skydance and David Ellison on these three most recent films and look forward to continued success together on this great franchise."

Fallout made $791.1 million worldwide at the box office. In total, Mission: Impossible movies have made $3.5 billion worldwide.

McQuarrie told Collider in November of the next film, "I can tell you Tom already has a lot of really big ideas. Yeah. World-topping s-."

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