It’s been a slow trickle thus far for the tidbits aboutMission Impossible 6, the hotly anticipated second installment of the storied franchise to be directed byChristopher McQuarrie. It seems like barely 24 hours ago since we gotour first lookat Superman himselfHenry Cavillwith McQuarrie and franchise starTom Cruiseon the set with what looks like one heck of a mustache. Though there’s not much known about what the movie will entail on the whole but then, with the exception of the last installment, the plot of the movie has never mattered. The introduction of The Syndicate is somewhat major but otherwise, just point me at which grotesquely large monument to capitalism that Mr. Cruise will be infiltrating and jumping off of next, if you please.
The next chapter in the Ethan Hunt saga has one major thing going for it beyond Cruise’s physical daring and charisma, and that is its cast.Simon Peggis returning, as isRogue NationbreakoutRebecca Ferguson, on top of the already mentioned Cavill and Cruise.Alec Baldwin,Sean Harris,Ving Rhames, andMichelle Monaghanwill also be coming back, along with new additions such asAngela Bassett,Vanessa Kirby. andSian Brooke. That’s a lot of talent for what amounts to a series of fights, chases, stunts, and parlor scenes, and that’s nearly as many women as men in the announced lead cast.
And to his credit, McQuarrie, a great writer and promising director, seems to be very proud that his movie is stacked like this. Yesterday, he took to Twitter to post a new image of four of the five aforementioned actresses, seemingly in character roles fromMI6, with Bassett, Ferguson, Kirby, and Monaghan grouped together amongst what looks like desert rocks. This is are first official-ish looks at Kirby and Bassett in the movie, though we still do not know too much about either characters. McQuarrie gave a few details recently about Kirby’s character, but the project and its menagerie of spies and spy hunters remains largely a mystery. I hope that continues at least until we get a teaser trailer, as this is one of the rare cases where the franchise has been consistent about hiring excellent visual directors to helm each installment. It will be hard to topBrian De Palma’s superb original or, for that matter,Brad Bird’s sensationalGhost Protocol, but with McQuarrie working with the hugely talented DPRob Hardy, he ofEx Machina,The Forgiveness of Blood, andBoy A, you never can tell. What’s made certain in this image, which you can take a look at below, is that the movie will boast enough smart women kicking proverbial (or very real) ass on screen to makePatty JenkinsandGal Gadotproud.
