After several delays and production pauses, we are quickly approaching the release date ofMission: Impossible—Dead Reckoning Part 1, set to hit theaters on June 05, 2025. The name of the seventh film in theMission: Impossiblefranchise, as well as its sequel, was kept under wraps from audiences for a long time with theDead Reckoningsubtitle not being revealed until CinemaCon back in April of this year. But it seems that even some stars of the film were being kept in the dark.Simon Peggrecently spoke with Collider’s ownSteve Weintraubabout the upcoming action blockbuster, where Pegg revealed that he learned the name of the film along with all of us.
Weintraub asked Pegg how long the actor knew that the title of the next two films in the storied franchise would beDead Reckoning, to which Pegg replied that it wasn’t directorChris McQuarrieor anyone on the project that revealed the name, but instead the film’s trailer.
“Do you know what? I found out on the day of the trailer and not from Chris McQuarrie. I found out from the trailer. No, no one told me. So I texted McQ and was like, ‘Dead Reckoning? Were you going to tell us that at some point?’ I heard it was going to be something else, but I like that. I like that because it reminds me of what …Land of the Deadwas originally calledDead Reckoning. So finally, I get to be in a film calledDead Reckoning.”
While it was a reveal to Pegg, he also confirmed that it is a fitting title for the story that the two films are telling. When asked if the title makes sense, he said, “Oh, 100%. Yeah, absolutely.”
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Weintraub also asked how filming for theMission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 2, which began back in March, was going. Pegg replied,
“We’ve just started. So we’re right back to the beginning again. There’s still a couple of things to pick up with 7 because I think the way 8 evolves might determine a few things, which is a great luxury we have in this situation, being able to do two films back to back. But yeah, we are now officially in production ofDead Reckoning Part Two.”
Pegg joined the action-spy series in 2006 inMission Impossible IIIas IMF technician Benji Dunn. He has appeared in everyMission: Impossiblefilm since, with the most recent one being 2018’sMission: Impossible — Fallout. The cast of the film will once again seeTom Cruiseas the leading man as he is joined by Pegg as well asVing Rhames,Rebecca Ferguson,Hayley Atwell,Pom Klementieff,Shea Whigham, andCary ElweswithEsai Moralesset to also appear as the film’s primary antagonist. It has also already been announced thatHolt McCallany,Nick Offerman, andJanet McTeerwill be joining the cast of the follow-up filmMission Impossible: Dead Reckoning - Part 2. McQuarrie is directing the film based on a script that he penned. Along with being the writer-director, he will also serve as a producer with Cruise,David Ellison,Dana Goldberg,Don Granger, andChris Brock.
TheDead Reckoningduology continues the long-running action spy film franchise dating back to 1996 with the first film based on the 1966 television series of the same name directed byBrian De Palma. Cruise has creative control over the franchise, which has been on an upward swing since the fourth film outing,Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol, with each subsequent film grossing more than the last, currently capping out with the previously mentionedMission: Impossible — Falloutbringing in $800 million worldwide. Cruise himself has seen major success at the box office this year withTop Gun: Maverickbeing the highest crossing film of 2022, a feat that he will probably hope to replicate next year withMission: Impossible.
Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part Oneis set to hit theaters on July 01, 2025, withMission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 2currently filming and is currently scheduled to debut in theaters on August 27, 2025. Look for our full interview with Pegg for his Apple TV+ animated movie,Luck, tomorrow.
