The Mission: Impossible franchise is an American action spy series that began with the 1996 film Mission: Impossible and has since become one of the most successful and long-running franchises in Hollywood. The films follow Ethan Hunt, an agent of the Impossible Missions Force (IMF), as he takes on various high-stakes missions around the world, often involving intricate heists, double-crosses, and death-defying stunts. The franchise is renowned for its intense action sequences, particularly those performed by Tom Cruise, who insists on doing many of his own stunts.
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Mission: Impossible
- Created by
- Bruce Geller, David Koepp, Steven Zaillian, Robert Towne, Christopher McQuarrie, Tom Cruise
- First Film
- Mission: Impossible
- Latest Film
- Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning
- Films
- Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
- First TV Show
- Mission: Impossible
- First Episode Air Date
- September 17, 1966
- Cast
- Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Henry Czerny, Hayley Atwell, Vanessa Kirby
- TV Show(s)
- Mission: Impossible, Mission: Impossible
- Movie(s)
- Mission: Impossible, Mission: Impossible II, Mission: Impossible III, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning, Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Summary
The Mission: Impossible franchise is an American action spy series that began with the 1996 film Mission: Impossible and has since become one of the most successful and long-running franchises in Hollywood. The films follow Ethan Hunt, an agent of the Impossible Missions Force (IMF), as he takes on various high-stakes missions around the world, often involving intricate heists, double-crosses, and death-defying stunts. The franchise is renowned for its intense action sequences, particularly those performed by Tom Cruise, who insists on doing many of his own stunts.
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