One would think that a host of new Mission: Impossible images would be all about
franchise star Tom Cruise.
Not exact matches
Directed by Alex Kurtzman and
starring Tom Cruise, Sofia Boutella, Annabelle Wallis, Jake Johnson, Courtney B. Vance, and Russell Crowe, The Mummy is the first film in Universal's planned monsters
franchise.
On one level,
Tom Cruise is an odd choice for a
star expected to anchor a spy - movie
franchise.
Tom Cruise is the
star of this
franchise - it's basically
Tom Cruise's Stunt Spectacular at this point - but Rebecca Ferguson is the
star of this movie.
After being played by Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford, and, most recently (in 2002's The Sum of All Fears), Ben Affleck, the role of CIA agent Jack Ryan now falls to Chris Pine (
Star Trek) in this reboot of the
Tom Clancy - created spy
franchise.
«The Incredibles» director Brad Bird is in final negotiations to helm «Mission: Impossible IV,» the fourth installment in the
Tom Cruise -
starring franchise.
Our studio had its first ever $ 1 billion worldwide grossing film in Michael Bay's hit «Transformers: Dark of the Moon;» we successfully re-launched our «Mission Impossible»
franchise with
Tom Cruise, JJ Abrams and Brad Bird; our latest installment in the «Paranormal Activity»
franchise had another $ 100 million dollar success; our first original animated film «Rango,» from director Gore Verbinski, earned rave reviews and more than $ 100 million at the domestic box office; and we released global phenomenon «Super 8,» directed by JJ Abrams, who will now direct the newest «
Star Trek» for 2013.
Critic Consensus: Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation continues the
franchise's thrilling resurgence — and proves that
Tom Cruise remains an action
star without equal.
Thor Ragnarok box office collection day 6: The third installment in the Thor
franchise starring Chris Hemsworth,
Tom Hiddleston, Cate Blanchett and Mark Ruffalo is being loved throughout the world.
Critics Consensus: Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation continues the
franchise's thrilling resurgence — and proves that
Tom Cruise remains an action
star without equal.
There were also clips from Judd Apatow's sequel to Knocked Up called This Is 40 (Christmas of 2012), 47 Ronin in 3D (February 2013), Oblivion
starring Tom Crusie and Morgan Freeman which opens April 2013 and R.I.P.D. (Rest In Peace Department)
starring Jeff Bridges and Ryan Reynolds, plus the next installments of two big
franchises, Fast and The Furious 6 and Despicable Me 2, in the Summer of 2013.
Starring Tom Hardy as the titular villain - turned - anti-hero, Venom is a spin - off of the Marvel Cinematic Universe's own Spider - Man
franchise after Disney won over the cinematic right of New York's favorite web - slinger.
However,
star - making turns from both Chris Hemsworth and
Tom Hiddleston as the feuding brothers, Thor and Loki, helped build the foundations of the MCU as we know it today and it's hard to imagine the
franchise without them.
Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg, Jeremy Renner, Ving Rhames, Rebecca Ferguson, Sean Harris and Alec Baldwin all
star in the upcoming installment in the Mission: Impossible
franchise.
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (PG - 13 for intense violence and brief profanity) Chris Pine
stars as the title character previously played by Harrison Ford, Alec Baldwin and Ben Affleck, in this reboot of the
franchise inspired by the
Tom Clancy series of espionage thrillers.
The
franchise doesn't seem destined to expand any further, at least not this holiday season, when Hallmark instead brings a 2004 Macomber book to the small screen as Trading Christmas,
starring holiday cable telemovie veteran
Tom Cavanagh (NBC's «Ed»).
The sprawling
franchise has resuscitated careers (Downey), has minted new
stars (
Tom Hiddleston), and increasingly attracts an impressive range of A-list talent, from art - house favorites (Benedict Cumberbatch and Tilda Swinton in Doctor Strange) to Hollywood icons (Anthony Hopkins and Robert Redford) to at least three handsome guys named Chris (Hemsworth, Evans, and Pratt).
Tom Cruise wouldn't be
Tom Cruise (i.e., an international box - office
star) his mid-fifties without the Mission: Impossible
franchise (a sixth entry arrives in multiplexes this summer 22 years after the first).
King Kong is back, yet again, in Kong: Skull Island,
starring Tom Hiddleston (it remains to be seen whether Godzilla will put in an appearance too, or whether we'll have to wait for later in the
franchise to see the two monsters together).
Which is probably why
Tom Cruise is jumping out of an airplane at 25,000 feet for «Mission Impossible — Fallout,» the latest entry in a consistent,
star - driven
franchise and, seemingly, the best Cruise can do these days since taking another famous leap (the one off Oprah's couch) 13 years ago.
Best Bear Attack: The Revenant Best Mosasaur Attack: Jurassic World Best Blind, Flamethrowing Guitar Player: Mad Max: Fury Road The Winklevi Award for Excellence in Playing Twins:
Tom Hardy, Legend Worst Romantic Chemistry: Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan, 50 Shades of Grey (Runner - up: Nicole Kidman and Chiwetel Ejiofor, The Secret in their Eyes)(Honorable Mentions: Mila Kunis and Channing Tatum, Jupiter Ascending; Chris Hemsworth and Tang Wei, Blackhat) Best Fake Soap Opera: Joy Best Fake Magazine: Trainwreck («S'Nuff») The Gay Panic Award: Get Hard (Runner - up: The D Train) Best Alec Guinness Impression: Max von Sydow,
Star Wars: The Force Awakens Worst Liam Neeson Impression: Sean Penn, The Gunman Best Turn - of - the - Century Reference to The Atlantic: Crimson Peak The Unbroken Award for a Portrait of Endurance that Gradually Becomes an Exercise in Endurance: The Revenant Best Use of «Smells Like Teen Spirit»: Pan Best Use of «Freebird»: Kingsman: The Secret Service Best Use of «Girls Just Want To Have Fun»: Anomalisa Least Convincing Hacker: Chris Hemsworth, Blackhat Least Responsible First Responder: Dwayne Johnson, San Andreas Person You'd Least Want in Charge of National Intelligence: Andrew Scott (Sherlock's Moriarty), Spectre Most Comprehensive Annihilation of an Intended
Franchise: Josh Trank, Fantastic Four Best Driver: Ben Kingsley, Learning to Drive (Runner - up: Robert DeNiro, The Intern) Worst Total Box Office: Confession of a Child of the Century, $ 74 (Runner - up: Paranoid Girls, $ 78) Most Disturbing Sex Scenes (Human Category): Love Most Disturbing Sex Scenes (Puppet Category): Anomalisa Best Performance Playing a Character Named «Toussaint»: Jimmy Jean - Louis, Joy (Runner - up: Fabrice Adde, The Revenant) The «Marry Me and I'll Buy You a Piano» Award: Far from the Madding Crowd The «That Was Beautiful; What Happened?»
Based purely off the first trailer for Mission: Impossible — Fallout, it would appear that writer / director Christopher McQuarrie and
star Tom Cruise are bent on delivering everything they've brought to the evergreen spy action
franchise, with yet another slight ramp up in the stakes.
This is the first time the Mission: Impossible
franchise will be repeating directors, as producer /
star Tom Cruise was keen on having a new director each time,
Release date: July 27 Cast:
Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Henry Cavill, Alec Baldwin Directed by: Christopher McQuarrie (Jack Reacher) Why we're excited: The Mission: Impossible series is Hollywood's most versatile
franchise, a multi-million-dollar playpen where
star Tom Cruise can plan elaborate stunts and work with a rotating cast of marquee filmmakers tuned into his adrenaline - junkie frequency.
The third installment of Marvel Studios» Thor
franchise stars Chris Hemsworth, Cate Blanchett, Anthony Hopkins,
Tom Hiddleston and Mark Ruffalo.
Even if you aren't familiar with the early installments of this
franchise starring Mel Gibson, it looks like this reboot with
Tom Hardy will still be quite the spectacle on the big screen.
By Hanako M. Ricks HollywoodNews.com: Several Harry Potter fansites are reporting that Frank Dillane, who gave a chilling performance as a teenage
Tom Riddle in «Harry Potter and the Half - Blood Prince,» has joined the list of
stars being considered to portray Peter Parker in Sony's reboot of the Spider - Man
franchise.
Tom Jolliffe takes a look at the
Star Wars
franchise and just how far it can go... Before I start the ball rolling, I think we've all established that
Star Wars: The Last Jedi was divisive.
Chris Evans (Captain America), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), and
Tom Hiddleston (Loki),
stars of the worldwide hit Avengers film
franchise, are headlining ACE Comic Con Seattle, June 22-23-24 at the WaMu Theater & CenturyLink Field Event Center.
Spider - Man himself,
Tom Holland is stepping into another Sony - owned
franchise, by
starring in the Uncharted video game movie adaptation.
Vancouver hotel and restaurant magnate
Tom Gaglardi has tapped veteran Canadian sports dealmaker Jim Rossiter of Baker & McKenzie's Toronto office in a bid to acquire the bankrupt Dallas
Stars hockey
franchise.
Like
Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Civil War lets some of its more recent characters serve as
franchise fanboys: Ant - Man (Paul Rudd) and Spider - Man (
Tom Holland) both drool over the chance to stand next to their heroes in a fight, and neither question what those heroes tell them.