Tom Cruise Gets Hero's Welcome At Cannes 2025 For Mission: Impossible 8 Premiere
Tom Cruise's red carpet return was a major moment for Paramount Pictures, which last premiered Top Gun: Maverick at Cannes in 2022.
Tom Cruise returned to the Cannes Film Festival in grand style on Wednesday night for the premiere of Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, turning the Croisette into a full-blown fan frenzy. With memorabilia-toting fans, an orchestra, and a dazzling red carpet walk, the evening marked another triumphant Cannes outing for Cruise and the Mission franchise.
Cruise arrived with longtime collaborator Christopher McQuarrie, who has directed or written 11 of his films. The duo greeted fans, signed autographs, and posed for selfies. Among the crowd were posters of The Last Samurai, DVDs of Mission: Impossible II, and even a shrine dedicated to Cruise's Top Gun co-star, Val Kilmer.
The cast's arrival was accompanied by a live orchestra playing the iconic Mission: Impossible theme. Musicians lined the staircase leading into the Palais, where Cruise waved, thanked the crowd, and embraced Cannes boss Thierry Frémaux. He also took time to applaud the orchestra before a DJ took over at the top of the steps.
Cruise's red carpet return was a major moment for Paramount Pictures, which last premiered Top Gun: Maverick at Cannes in 2022. That film, which revitalised box office returns post-pandemic, earned a six-minute standing ovation and saw Cruise honoured with a surprise Palme d'Or, presented after fighter jets streaked the sky in the colours of the French flag.
This time, Cruise once again made a quick but impactful stop in Cannes, part of a whirlwind global promo tour that will also include London, Korea, and Japan. Earlier in the day, he surprised fans with an appearance at a master class event honoring McQuarrie, calling him a creative force who 'understand[s] every single piece" of a Mission film. 'It's a Swiss watch," he said.
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning picks up after the events of Dead Reckoning, with Ethan Hunt (Cruise) facing off against Gabriel (Esai Morales), an assassin trying to control a rogue AI called The Entity. The cast also features returning stars Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Angela Bassett, Hayley Atwell, Henry Czerny, and Pom Klementieff.
The film will release in India on May 17, six days before its global premiere on May 23.
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