Now we know the title of the 8th Mission: Impossible movie, which carries the weight of the franchise’s history and the possible final mission for Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt. Mission: Impossible—The Final Reckoning’s first trailer is an action epic through and through. The film’s logline reads, “Every choice has led to this.”

The trailer has many hallmarks of a classic Mission: Impossible movie: Cruise’s Hunt sprinting on foot always toward danger or the hope of saving somebody (or everybody). Hunt hanging precariously off the side of a plane. Hunt tangling with bad guys who seem to know precisely what makes him tick, yet they can never totally get the upper hand. WIth The Final Reckoning picking up after the events in Dead Reckoning, we’ve got Hunt on a dangerous dive mission in scuba gear, presumably going after the artificial intelligence called The Entity that could give unlimited power to the wrong person. And the trailer has got Hunt’s closest allies—Simon Pegg’s Benji Dunn and Ving Rhames’ Luther Stickell. From Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, we have the newest member of the team, Hayley Atwell’s Grace.

In Dead Reckoning, Hunt and his team faced the Entity, which seemed capable of predicting his every move. The film ended with Hunt tracking the Entity on board a Russian submarine, followed by an enemy from Hunt’s long history in the agency, Garbiel (Esai Morales).

The Final Reckoning also includes Vanessa Kirby as the White Widow, Holt McCallany as Secretary of Defence Berstein, Pom Klementieff as Paris, Angela Bassett as CIA Director Erika Sloane, and Shea Whigham’s Jasper Briggs. Newcomers also include Hannah Waddingham, Nick Offerman, and Tramell Tillman.

Christopher McQuarrie returns as co-writer and director, having helmed Rogue Nation, Fallout, and Dead Reckoning. McQuarrie co-wrote the script for The Final Reckoning with Erik Jendresen and Bruce Geller.

Check out the trailer below. Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning hits theaters on May 23, 2025.