2025 Cannes Film Festival Photos: Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
- Tom Cruise debuted the eighth installment of the Mission: Impossible series at the Cannes Film Festival on May 14, 2025, in the South of France, ahead of its global release scheduled for May 23.
- The global film industry faced tension from President Trump’s threat to impose tariffs on movies produced abroad, which has stirred concern amid the festival's political opening day.
- The eighth installment, with a $400 million budget, stars Cruise, 62, performing high-risk stunts like a 10,000-foot freefall, while Simon Pegg, who has been in six films, announced his character’s exit.
- Robert De Niro received a lifetime achievement award during Cannes’ opening ceremony and delivered a fiery speech criticizing Trump as “America's philistine president” and urging protests for democracy.
- The film's premiere, amid high anticipation and political controversies including Gerard Depardieu’s conviction, suggests a shifting cinematic landscape influenced by global politics and franchise futures.
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Mission Impossible cast break red carpet rule at Cannes premiere
The cast of Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning were rule breakers at Cannes (Picture: Doug Peters/PA Wire) A selfie proved to be a little bit of a daring move as the Mission Impossible cast broke the red carpet rules at the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday night. In 2018, Cannes Film Festival announced that selfies were forbidden on the red carpet. The festival’s artistic director, Thierry Frémaux, told Le Film Français magazine seven year…

Daredevil Tom Cruise and his 'Mission: Impossible' wow Cannes
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