Mission: Impossible–Dead Reckoning trailer teases Ethan Hunt’s swan song

Tom Cruise and his plucky team are back to save the world (again) in Mission: Impossible-Dead Reckoning Part One.

The official trailer for Mission: Impossible-Dead Reckoning Part One (aka Mission: Impossible 7) is here and chock-full of the kind of global intrigue and jaw-dropping stunts fans have come to expect from this hugely successful franchise. The trailer was shown in April exclusively at CinemaCon, and the intent was to release it this coming weekend when the highly anticipated Top Gun: Maverick finally (finally!) hits theaters. But an online leak supposedly forced Paramount's hand, so we get to see star Tom Cruise drive his motorcycle off a cliff a week early. We'll have to wait until next summer, however-that's 2023-to see the film.

(Mild spoilers for previous films in the franchise below.)

Launched in 1996 with the first Mission: Impossible, the franchise is one of the highest-grossing film series, with a combined global box office take of more than $3.5 billion so far. The first film was set six years after the 1988-1990 TV series, itself a sequel to the original TV series that ran from 1966 to 1973. Cruise's character, Impossible Missions Force (IMF) agent Ethan Hunt, was framed for the murder of his team during a botched mission and falsely accused of selling government secrets to an arms dealer. Over the course of the film, he unmasked the real culprit and cleared his name.

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