‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning’ Gets Paramount+ Release Date, Drops ‘Part One’ From Title
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to stream “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning” when it arrives on Paramount+ very soon.
The seventh “Mission: Impossible” movie will be added to Paramount+ on Jan. 25 in the U.S. and Canada. It will arrive in additional international markets beginning in February.
More from Variety
Notably, the original title of the film was “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One,” but it is now simply called “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning.” The slight name changes comes after the upcoming eighth movie, which was originally subtitled “Dead Reckoning Part Two,” was delayed over a year from June 28, 2024, to May 23, 2025, and it was announced it’d receive a new title.
The “Dead Reckoning” poster, featuring the faces of Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Rebecca Ferguson, Pom Klementieff, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, Esai Morales and Vanessa Kirby, also removed the “Part One” from its title.
In the new movie, “Ethan Hunt and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: to track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity before it falls into the wrong hands. With the fate of the world at stake, a deadly race around the globe begins. Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan is forced to consider that nothing can matter more than his mission – not even the lives of those he cares about most.”
Cruise, Paramount and Skydance produced “Dead Reckoning,” and it was directed by Christopher McQuarrie. He’ll return to direct “Mission: Impossible 8,” which will also bring back many of the “Dead Reckoning” cast members to finish their perilous missions against a world-threatening AI.
Best of Variety
Sign up for Variety’s Newsletter. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.