Tom Cruise poses for photographers during the photo call for the film 'Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning' at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)
CANNES, France (AP) — Three years after flying into the Cannes Film Festival with “Top Gun: Maverick," Tom Cruise returned to the Croisette on Wednesday with “Mission: Impossible — Final Reckoning.”
Christopher McQuarrie's latest “Mission: Impossible” installment is the biggest Hollywood tentpole wading ashore in Cannes this year.
Ahead of the premiere Wednesday evening, Cruise, McQuarrie and the cast posed for photographers while much of the activity at the Palais was brought to a standstill by onlookers hoping to get a glimpse of Cruise.
McQuarrie will sit for an onstage interview, but there was no press conference for the film, which meant Cruise and company faced no questions from reporters.
In 2022, Cruise received an honorary Palme d'Or from the festival and the “Top Gun: Maverick” premiere included an impressively timed jet flyover. Whether the 62-year-old Cruise has anything up his sleeve this time was much anticipated at Cannes. On Sunday, Cruise climbed atop the roof of the British Film Institute in London.
“The Final Reckoning,” which launched in Tokyo last week, opens in North American theaters on May 23.
Tom Cruise poses for photographers during the photo call for the film 'Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning' at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)
Pom Klementieff, from left, Angela Bassett, Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, and Hannah Waddingham pose for photographers during the photo call for the film 'Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning' at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP)
Greg Tarzan Davis, from left, Angela Bassett, Hannah Waddingham, Tom Cruise, director Christopher McQuarrie, Hayley Atwell, Simon Pegg, Pom Klementieff, Esai Morales, and Tramell Tillman pose for photographers during the photo call for the film 'Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning' at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP)
Tom Cruise poses for photographers during the photo call for the film 'Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning' at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP)
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