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Tom Cruise is showing no signs of slowing down in the next Mission: Impossible movie.
On Sunday, Cruise, 61, was seen sprinting down a street in London while filming a scene for the upcoming eighth film in his signature action franchise. The actor could be seen wearing a black suit with a white shirt opened at the top, with fake blood drenched over his chest while filming the sequence.
Cruise most recently appeared as his Mission: Impossible character Ethan Hunt in last year’s Mission: Impossible—Dead Reckoning, which made $172 million at the domestic box office. Dead Reckoning also earned the franchise its first-ever Academy Award nominations when it received nods for Best Visual Effects and Best Sound at the recent 96th Oscars ceremony.
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A title for the upcoming eighth Mission: Impossible movie has not yet been announced. The next film was originally set for release on June 28, but production delays related to 2023’s SAG-AFTRA strike forced the film to restart production in the fall and delay its release until May 23, 2025, as Deadline reported back in October.
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Dead Reckoning left Cruise’s character Ethan Hunt and series regulars Luther (Ving Rhames) and Benji (Simon Pegg) at odds with villain Gabriel (Esai Morales) and forging new alliances with characters like Grace (Hayley Atwell) over a battle for control over a sentient artificial intelligence.
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The eighth Mission: Impossible film is just one movie among a number of projects Cruise has in development. In February, PEOPLE confirmed Cruise will star in the next movie from The Revenant filmmaker Alejandro G. Iñárritu, while The Hollywood Reporter reported in January that Paramount is developing Top Gun 3 as a sequel to Cruise’s major 2022 success Top Gun: Maverick.
Cruise, known for his penchant for performing his own stunts, was recently seen climbing the iconic Hollywood Sign in Los Angeles’ Hollywood Hills on March 16 accompanied by a film crew. A representative for Cruise did not respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment Monday. While it’s unclear what Cruise was filming on Saturday, the stunt did not appear related to the next Mission: Impossible film.
Mission: Impossible 8 is expected in theaters May 23, 2025.
