Synopsis
According to a recent announcement, Tom Cruise is set to appear walking on the exterior of an airplane in the upcoming movie Mission: Impossible 8, also known as ᴅᴇᴀᴅ Reckoning Part Two.

Mission: Impossible, the film series featuring Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt, is nearing its conclusion, with Mission: Impossible – ᴅᴇᴀᴅ Reckoning Part Two being the last film in which Cruise will portray the character. Even though the movie, directed by Christopher McQuarrie, is slated for release in June 2024, filming for Mission: Impossible 8 is already underway, and it appears that Tom Cruise has once again risked his life for movie stunts.

Although we’ve witnessed Tom Cruise perform daring feats like jumping a 15-foot gap between two cliffs with just his hands in MI 2, dodging a knife that was mere centimetres from his face in MI 3, scaling a skyscraper in Ghost Protocol, hanging from an aircraft in Rogue Nation, and clinging to a helicopter in Fall Out, Mission: Impossible 8 is set to bring his stunts to an even greater level of danger.

According to a recent report by Screenrant, Mission: Impossible – ᴅᴇᴀᴅ Reckoning Part Two will feature a breathtaking stunt where Tom Cruise, the franchise’s leading actor, will be walking on the exterior of an airplane while it is flying. This means that in Mission: Impossible 8, Cruise will not only be seen hanging or peering out of a plane but also walking on the outside of it while it is mid-air.

At the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media, and Telecom Conference, Paramount Global CEO Bob Bakish hinted at the daring stunt in Mission: Impossible 8 while speaking to ᴅᴇᴀᴅline. He revealed that Tom Cruise will be seen walking on the exterior of an airplane while it’s flying, and not against a green screen. Bakish also commended Mission: Impossible – ᴅᴇᴀᴅ Reckoning Part One, describing it as an “insane” and thrilling experience.

New on-set pH๏τographs from the making of Mission: Impossible – ᴅᴇᴀᴅ Reckoning Part Two reveal that Tom Cruise is once again striving to perform some intricate stunts. Writer-director Christopher McQuarrie shared images of the stunts on social media, including a behind-the-scenes sH๏τ of filming a V-22 Osprey mid-air and a pH๏τo taken from the USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier.