Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible 1996 and The Final Reckoning
The first Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning trailer revealed several new key story details and franchise connections that are incredibly important. The eighth installment of Tom Cruise's action franchise arrives in May 2025, but Paramount provided the first official look at the film much earlier. The Mission: Impossible 8 teaser trailer release came, as expected, before Gladiator II so that audiences could see it on the big screen for months to come.
✕ Remove Ads The decision to include Mission: Impossible 3's Rabbit's Foot in the trailer is notable, as this franchise connection was not previously known. It appears that The Final Reckoning is going to incorporate the unspecified weapon in some fashion. The most likely outcome is that the Rabbit's Foot is an important piece to the puzzle in The Entity's defeat or the AI's plan to destroy humanity.
✕ Remove Ads 8 Luther Remains In Solidarity To Fight The Entity He Went Underground In Dead Reckoning Luther's status in Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning is teased through a few moments in the trailer. He notably decided he needed to leave Ethan's side in Dead Reckoning so that he could go underground and entirely offline for try and find a path to defeating The Entity.
The appearance of Franz Krieger's knife is notable for The Final Reckoning in terms of connecting the franchise together. There's a clear desire for the eighth installment to tie Ethan's battle against The Entity with the entire scope of his IMF career, including the events of 1996's Mission: Impossible. Ethan holding onto a weapon from arguably his most iconic moment in the franchise signals the ways The Final Reckoning is looking back on what came before.
✕ Remove Ads Related Mission: Impossible 8 Is Delivering The Version Of Kittridge Dead Reckoning Needed While Kittridge was an ally to Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning, it looks like he could be a villain in The Final Reckoning. ✕ Remove Ads 3 Marie Has A Bigger Role To Play In The Final Reckoning She Might Save Ethan's Life In A Way Close Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning's trailer also teases Marie's larger role in the sequel. Dead Reckoning introduced the character as a woman from Ethan's past who Gabriel killed, prompting him to join the IMF. The flashback left questions about their relationship, and it was expected that The Final Reckoning would build on it.
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