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News18
11-07-2025
- Entertainment
- News18
Mission: Impossible Director ADMITS He Considered Killing Off Tom Cruise's Ethan Hunt
Last Updated: Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning director Christopher McQuarrie admitted he considered killing off Tom Cruise's character Ethan Hunt. Christopher McQuarrie was tempted to kill off Ethan Hunt in the final Mission: Impossible movie. Although Tom Cruise's alter-ego ultimately survives, director McQuarrie admitted there was one moment during editing of the final movie in the spy franchise when he contemplated killing off Hunt for good. Speaking about Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, the filmmaker told Empire magazine, 'Everything is on the table. There was a moment in the editing of the final sequence of the movie where Ethan goes spinning into that cloud bank where I thought, 'If you cut to his grave right now, you'd feel the sacrifice was sufficient. Wow, that's very, very effective.' 'The idea of a conclusion of a story being the death of that character… they are not one and the same. When you fully tie off the story, the story ceases to be. And that's not life. Stories go on, whether or not the movies do," he added. Not killing off Hunt also leaves the opportunity open to revisit the franchise in the future and McQuarrie would consider making a ninth movie. He said, 'Tom Cruise is a force of nature, and a very, very tricky one. I'd only do it if it was the movie I desperately wanted to make." Meanwhile, Tom was recently awarded the Guinness World Record for 'most burning parachute jumps by an individual" for a stunt in The Final Reckoning. For the scene, Tom, 62, jumped out of a helicopter 16 times while strapped to a parachute pre-soaked in fuel and lit on fire. Guinness World Records editor-in-chief Craig Glenday said in a statement, 'Tom doesn't just play action heroes – he is an action hero! A large part of his success can be chalked up to his absolute focus on authenticity and pushing the boundaries of what a leading man can do. It's an honour to be able to recognise his utter fearlessness with this new Guinness World Records title." Disclaimer: Comments reflect users' views, not News18's. Please keep discussions respectful and constructive. Abusive, defamatory, or illegal comments will be removed. News18 may disable any comment at its discretion. By posting, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
UPI
07-07-2025
- Entertainment
- UPI
Watch: Fantastic Four celebrate Sue Storm's pregnancy in 'First Steps' clip
1 of 5 | Vanessa Kirby arrives on the red carpet at the "Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One" premiere in 2023. She portrays Sue Storm in the upcoming "Fantastic Four" film. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo July 7 (UPI) -- Vanessa Kirby announces her character's pregnancy in a new clip from the upcoming Fantastic Four film, First Steps, which arrives in theaters July 25. Kirby portrays Sue Storm, aka Invisible Woman, who is married to Mr. Fantastic (Pedro Pascal). Joseph Quinn portrays the Human Torch, while Ebon Moss-Bachrach is the Thing. The clip released Monday shows Human Torch and Thing sitting at the dinner table, awaiting the arrival of Invisible Woman and Mr. Fantastic, who are late. When they arrive, Human Torch says they are "acting weird," and the Thing guesses the baby news. "We are gonna be the best uncles ever," Human Torch says. Julia Garner also stars. Fantastic Four: First Steps is based on the Marvel Comics superhero team. The movie is the third iteration of the film franchise. Marvel stars walk the red carpet Iron Man star Robert Downey Jr. (R), and his wife, Susan Downey, attend the premiere of "Avengers: Endgame" in Los Angeles on April 22, 2019. Downey, in 2024, announced that he will be returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe as the villainous Dr. Doom. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo
Boston Globe
03-07-2025
- Business
- Boston Globe
Shari Redstone's thumbs-down finale at National Amusements
➕ A guide to enjoying the Fourth of July. 🆕 The Latest US employers An investigation into Massachusetts is trying once again to 💵 A sell-out The show is almost over for National Amusements, the entertainment conglomerate with humble beginnings as a Dedham drive-in movie theater chain. Unlike most Hollywood endings, this one is a downer. Shame on Shari Redstone. Recap: Redstone is the daughter of Advertisement On Tuesday, Paramount Global, controlled by Shari Redstone, said it agreed to pay $16 million to settle Why it matters: It's impossible not to see this as an unabashed payoff intended to win the Federal Communications Commission's approval of Redstone's multibillion-dollar deal to sell Paramount to Skydance Media, the studio behind movies including 'Top Gun: Maverick' and 'Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One.' Everyone involved denied the settlement was a quid pro quo. If you believe that, I have some Trump meme coins to sell you. Advertisement In a $10 billion lawsuit against CBS last year, Trump alleged that '60 Minutes,' part of CBS News, deceptively edited the Harris interview in order to interfere with the election. Legal experts said Trump's chances of winning the case were slim to none given CBS's First Amendment protections for what was considered routine editing. But his election victory in November gave him enormous leverage over Redstone. Reaction: 'With Paramount folding to Donald Trump at the same time the company needs his administration's approval for its billion-dollar merger, this could be bribery in plain sight,' Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren 'CBS and Paramount Global realized the strength of this historic case and had no choice but to settle,' a spokesperson for Trump's lawyers said. The president was holding 'the fake news accountable,' the spokesperson said. Of course, the lawsuit was all about putting the news media under the president's thumb. 'The enemy of the people' — Trump's words — is a power base Trump wants desperately to neutralize, along with other perceived foes such as elite universities and big law firms. Columbia University and law firms including Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison have already caved. Harvard University had no choice but to come to the negotiating table, though it also is battling the White House in court. 'The President is using government to intimidate news outlets that publish stories he doesn't like,' the conservative editorial board of For what it's worth: The two points I'd like to make here may seem obvious but are worth repeating. Advertisement First: The ownership of news outlets by big corporations is a double-edged sword. Yes, they can provide financial shelter from devastation wrought by Google and Meta — and the brewing storm coming from artificial intelligence. But they also own bigger — and more profitable — businesses that need to maintain at least a civil relationship with the federal government. That's why Disney ended Trump's dubious defamation case against ABC News by agreeing to 'donate' $15 million to the presidential library, and why Meta, the parent of Facebook, coughed up $25 million to settle a Trump lawsuit over the company's suspension of his accounts after the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol. Second: Private sector extortion — multiple law firms promised $100 million in pro-bono work for causes favored by Trump — dovetails with the president's use of the power of the office to make money for himself and his family. Trump's crypto ventures, including the shameless $TRUMP and $MELANIA meme coins, have added at least $620 million to his fortune in a few months, Shari Redstone's $16 million payment is chump change by comparison. And it makes perfect business sense. It smooths the way for National Amusements to salvage at least $1.75 billion from the sale of its stake in Paramount. Sumner Redstone, a consummate dealmaker, would have done the same thing. Skydance, by the way, was launched by another child of a billionaire, David Ellison. Advertisement His father, Larry Ellison, founded software giant Oracle and is worth nearly $250 billion. Oracle is negotiating to take a role in the sale of TikTok by its Chinese owner, a transaction being orchestrated by Trump. Small world, eh? Final thought: After nearly 90 years in business, National Amusements, now based in Norwood, is going out with a whimper, not a bang. The company has struggled with heavy debt, declining cable network profits, and huge costs for building out its streaming business. Paramount's market value has dropped to $9 billion from $26 billion when Viacom recombined with CBS to form the new company in 2019. To get the Skydance rescue deal done, Redstone, 71, sold out the journalists at CBS News — the onetime home of Edward R. Murrow and Walter Cronkite, and still one of the most respected names in the business. That's one bummer of an ending. Michael Redstone (left), founder of National Amusements, with his son Sumner standing next to him, in 1965. They were showing off a rendering the company's future Cleveland Circle theater. fay foto/PDFPAGES 🎙️ On the Record ' 'I think news and information in any city is as vital as water, electricity, and gas.' Michael Moritz, a former journalist and successful venture capitalist, on his decision to combine The San Francisco Standard, a local news organization he cofounded, with Charter, a digital publication focused on the future of work. 🏥 Hospitals 🧪 Life Sciences 🎓 Higher Education 🗝️ Housing Advertisement 👨⚖️ Legal Matters 🔢 By the Numbers -13 percent — The decline in Last year's Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular. 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Otago Daily Times
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Otago Daily Times
Cruise goes impossibly deep to decode AI
Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning. Photo: Paramount Pictures and Skydance/TNS Director: Christopher McQuarrie Cast: Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Henry Czerny, Angela Bassett Rating: (M) ★★★ REVIEWED BY AMASIO JUTEL As the stunts get bigger and better, the framing gets duller and more convoluted. Despite its outstanding stunt spectacles, Mission: Impossible's post-Fallout two-parter continues to disappoint its characters and viewers. Producer/star/stuntman/king of movies, Tom Cruise, helms the final franchise entry, The Final Reckoning. Ethan Hunt must diffuse a global cold war by dismantling "The Entity", a rogue all-powerful AI that has seized control of half the world's nukes. It's a premise dripping in sweat, but the decision to reframe the cyber villain from slapstick trickster to cyberspace anti-God, driving humanity towards self-annihilation, completely detracts from the immediacy of Cruise's action. Against the pre-eminent might of cyberspace and the entity's spiteful disinformation war, Ethan Hunt is the planet's last hope and, with a (literal) presidential seal of approval, he's bestowed a strategic military submarine to deep-sea dive to retrieve the entity's source code. Hunt and his team slingshot across the world, chasing clues and racing against time in a diverse array of settings and set pieces — here, the classic Mission: Impossible viewer ecstasy ascends. The screenwriting hole they dug themselves in part one, the unreasonable lack of Ving Rhames as Luther and discourteous removal of Rebecca Ferguson's Isla in the previous instalment, slightly dirty the supposed franchise apex. However, the mind-blowing half-hour silent underwater sequence in the middle of the film corrects the overhyped CG train stunt of Dead Reckoning. Not to spoil the singular reason to see a post-Fallout Mission film, but one is left mouth agape in the theatre, questioning how Tom Cruise did not die during filming.
CNN
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- CNN
Tom Cruise saw people popping off about how he eats movie popcorn
Tom Cruise appears to give things his all, which includes eating popcorn. A video shared on social media of the star enthusiastically throwing movie popcorn into his mouth at a screening of his latest film, 'Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning,' has sparked some reaction. Cruise laughed when he was asked about it by Darius Butler during an appearance on 'The Pat McAfee Show' on Wednesday. 'I've never seen anyone eat popcorn this like,' Butler, said. 'Are you actually eating popcorn or are you full of s**t right here, TC? I've got to know.' It cracked Cruise up. 'Man, I'm eating popcorn,' Cruise said as he laughed. 'They know when I'm going to these movies that I'm watching, I'm eating popcorn.' Cruise's love of popcorn has been well documented over the years. A 2023 promotional video for 'Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part 1' also featured Cruise with a bucket of the movie snack. Four cities. Four screenings. We had so much fun at the first fan screenings for Mission: Impossible! Thank you to everyone who came out. 'I love my popcorn,' he says in the video. 'Movies. Popcorn.' Writer and podcaster Rachel Leishman wrote about an exchange she had with Cruise at a recent screening. 'I'll use this time to talk about the absolutely insane information Tom Cruise gave in his pre-screening speech,' Leishman wrote. 'First, he asked us all not once but twice if we had popcorn (I showed him my bucket to confirm) and then he goes 'I normally eat two big buckets myself during a movie' She did not, however, reveal whether he orders his with extra butter. 'Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning' is in theaters Friday.
