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Mission: Impossible 8 Budget Reportedly Reaching All-Time High After Dead Reckoning Lost $200M+ In Theaters
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Summary
- Simon Pegg confirms that he has wrapped filming on Mission: Impossible 8 .
- Pegg's confirmation comes just over two years after production began on the sequel, with part of its delay stemming from the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.
- With a reportedly franchise-high budget and some hefty competition in its release window, Mission: Impossible 8 has a lot to overcome to keep the franchise alive.
With over two years gone since production first began on the sequel, Simon Pegg has a very exciting Mission: Impossible 8 filming update.
Pegg recently took to his Instagram (via CinemaBlend) with a video post on his Story confirming that he has wrapped filming on Mission: Impossible 8. The actor expressed his enthusiasm for the work he and his co-stars put into the next installment of the hit action franchise, celebrating it as a "f----ng incredible spectacle" and sharing his excitement for audiences to see it. See what Pegg shared below:
I just wrapped my last day on Mission Impossible and said a farewell to everybody. And we started shooting the first part of this story in September 2020, and here we are in July 2024. What a journey has been. And what a f——ng incredible spectacle this next film is going to be, I'm so excited for you to see it. But until then, Benji Dunn signing off.
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Source: Simon Pegg/Instagram (via CinemaBlend)
Mission: Impossible 8
Mission: Impossible 8 is the direct sequel to Dead Reckoning - Part One and is the eighth film in the Mission: Impossible franchise. Said to be the final film, Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, and more will reprise their roles in Ethan Hunt's IMF team as they face off against a dangerous foe from their past.
- Director
- Christopher McQuarrie
- Release Date
- May 23, 2025
- Studio(s)
- Paramount Pictures , Skydance
- Distributor(s)
- Paramount Pictures
- Writers
- Christopher McQuarrie , Erik Jendresen
- Cast
- Tom Cruise , Pom Klementieff , Rebecca Ferguson , Vanessa Kirby , Hayley Atwell , Hannah Waddingham , Simon Pegg
- Franchise(s)
- Mission: Impossible
- prequel(s)
- Mission: Impossible , Mission: Impossible 2 , Mission: Impossible III , Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol , Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation , Mission: Impossible - Fallout , Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning
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