With all the talk of wars in the stars and Earth’s mightiest heroes that permeate the internet, it’s easy to forget another adventure with Ethan Hunt is in development and headed for the big screen. Speaking with Empire, director Christopher McQuarrie opened up about the upcoming Mission: Impossible 6, revealing the film starts production on April 10 in Paris.
“It starts in a very unconventional way,” he told the outlet. “It does not start with action. That was the hardest pitch of this movie.”
When asked about figuring out a way to top Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation‘s plane stunt, McQuarrie replied:
“I may have found something today. I came to Tom with a picture of something and Tom looked at it and said, ‘That’s awesome! I want to fall off of that!’ It’s like, OK, I can see it on a poster, and I can see Tom falling off of it.”
The director later spoke about the film looking to Ethan Hunt as more of a character than the previous entries in the series as well.
“I’ve seen five of these movies and I don’t know who Ethan Hunt is. One movie sort of dealt with his personal life; the other movies are about people speculating what’s really going on in Ethan’s head. I want to know who Ethan is in this movie, I want an emotional journey for this character, and Tom really embraced it.”
Finally, McQuarrie teased the return of old faces to the franchise, joining returning stars Tom Cruise and Rebecca Ferguson, ”including people you would not expect to be back.”
The upcoming Mission: Impossible 6 is set to debut in theaters July 27, 2018. McQuarrie’s return to the franchise marks the first time a director has helmed more than one Mission: Impossible film. Brian De Palma directed the original adaptation, which was followed by sequels directed by John Woo, J.J, Abrams and Brad Bird.
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Left to right: Tom Cruise and Cinematographer Robert Elswit on the set of Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation from Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions
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Left to right: Tom Cruise plays Ethan Hunt and Rebecca Ferguson plays Ilsa in Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation from Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions
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Tom Cruise shooting the airplane stunt for Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation from Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions
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Tom Cruise shooting the airplane stunt for Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation from Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions
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Tom Cruise plays Ethan Hunt in MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - ROGUE NATION by Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions
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Tom Cruise plays Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation from Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions.
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Tom Cruise plays Ethan Hunt in MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - ROGUE NATION by Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions
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Cinematographer Robert Elswit on the set of Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation from Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions.
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Rebecca Ferguson plays Ilsa in Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation from Paramount Pictures and Skydance Production
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Left to right: Jeremy Renner plays William Brandt and Ving Rhames plays Luther Stickell in Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation from Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions.
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Rebecca Ferguson plays Ilsa in Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation from Paramount Pictures and Skydance Production
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Tom Cruise plays Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation from Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions.
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Left to right: Cinematographer Robert Elswit and Rebecca Ferguson on the set of Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation from Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions
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Rebecca Ferguson plays Ilsa in Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation from Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions
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Left to right: Jeremy Renner and Cinematographer Robert Elswit on the set of Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation from Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions
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Left to right: Alec Baldwin plays Hunley and Simon Pegg plays Benji in Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation from Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions.
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Director Christopher McQuarrie on the set of Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation from Paramount Pictures and SKydance Productions.
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Director Christopher McQuarrie on the set of Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation from Paramount Pictures and SKydance Productions.
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Behind the scenes on the set of Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation from Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions.
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Tom Cruise shooting the airplane stunt for Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation from Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions
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Director Christopher McQuarrie on set while shooting the airplane stunt for Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation from Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions
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Left to right: Rebecca Ferguson plays Ilsa and Tom Cruise plays Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation from Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions
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Left to right: Director Christopher McQuarrie, Simon Pegg and Tom Cruise on the set of Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation from Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions
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Rebecca Ferguson plays Ilsa in Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation from Paramount Pictures and Skydance Production
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Left to right: Director Christopher McQuarrie, Tom Cruise, and Rebecca Ferguson on the set of Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation from Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions
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Left to right: Tom Cruise plays Ethan Hunt and Ving Rhames plays Luther Stickell in Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation from Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions
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Left to right: Tom Cruise plays Ethan Hunt and Jeremy Renner plays William Brandt in Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation from Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions
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Tom Cruise plays Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation from Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions.
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Simon Pegg plays Benji in Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation from Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions
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Rebecca Ferguson and Cinematographer Robert Elswit on the set of Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation from Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions
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Rebecca Ferguson plays Ilsa in Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation from Paramount Pictures and Skydance Production
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Rebecca Ferguson on the set of Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation from Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions
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Rebecca Ferguson plays Ilsa in Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation from Paramount Pictures and Skydance Production
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Left to right: Rebecca Ferguson plays Ilsa and Tom Cruise plays Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation from Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions.
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Tom Cruise on the set of Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation from Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions
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