Tom Cruise Films London Protest Scene For Mission: Impossible 8 In New Set Video

A new Mission: Impossible 8 set video shows Tom Cruise filming a scene in the middle of a large London protest. After first playing superspy Ethan Hunt back in 1996, Cruise has returned for six sequels, the most recent of which, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, came out last summer. The movie star is reteaming with director Christopher McQuarrie for an upcoming eighth film, which has now been filming on and off for essentially two years.

As the planned Mission: Impossible 8 release date approaches, a new video shared by UnBoxPHD on YouTube shows Cruise and costar Simon Pegg, who plays Benji, filming a scene together in London as a protest kicks off around them.

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The video, which is available at the link above, shows Cruise and Benji embracing each other before walking off through the crowd as a cameraman captures the action. Extras can be seen pumping their fists in the air and looking angry, though the context of the protest is not yet clear. There’s also a heavy police presence in the scene, with London officers shown in the background holding rifles.

Will Mission: Impossible 8 Be The Last One?

What Tom Cruise Has Said About The Franchise’s Future

Originally, Mission: Impossible 8 had the Dead Reckoning: Part Two subtitle, with the film serving as a continuation of last summer’s sequel. When the seventh film underperformed at the box office, however, this subtitle was dropped, and the next installment now doesn’t have an official title. Though the Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning reviews were glowing from critics and audiences, the somewhat muted box office (due in part to the behemoth that was Oppenheimer and Barbie‘s dual release) has evidently resulted in a bit of a course correction, the extent of which remains to be seen.

There was talk before the release of Mission: Impossible 7 that the eighth installment could serve as the last, but this was never officially confirmed. Cruise himself said last summer that he hopes to continue making new entries in the franchise until he’s nearly 80. McQuarrie, too, said last June that there are already ideas for Mission: Impossible 9 and potentially beyond. These comments, however, were before the seventh movie failed to meet expectations.

Unlike the cliffhanger Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning ending, it seems likely that the next movie will feature a more definitive conclusion for Ethan and his team. This way, if the movie is met with a more muted box office response, it can serve as the final chapter if need be. If Mission: Impossible 8 is a success, however, it seems very likely that Cruise and McQuarrie will team up for yet another action-packed adventure.

Source: UnBoxPHD