Christopher McQuarrie

Fans of genre movies had an absolute blast in 2023. Hollywood studios and streamers alike provided us with a seemingly never-ending slate of excellent fare. The animated films were fire. Some superhero films were super. And along the way, there were lots and lots of happy surprises. Below, you’ll find io9's picks for…Read more... Fans of genre movies had an absolute blast in 2023. Hollywood studios and streamers alike provided us with a seemingly never-ending slate of excellent fare. The animated films were fire. Some…

Image: ParamountParamount’s Mission: Impossible movies are often considered a pleasant surprise whenever one of them rolls around. They come just reliably enough that you like hearing when one’s on the horizon, but not so often that you kind of get sick of them. And it doesn’t help that pretty much all of them are fairly good in some way—even if it took a few years before folks came around on some entries, like Mission: Impossible 2. Will We See More of Uhura's Relationship with Spock? | io9 InterviewThis weekend’s Dead…

Image: ParamountAudiences go to see a Mission: Impossible movie because they want to see Tom Cruise bend the universe backwards to survive stunts that would likely kill anyone else. Because of that, it can sometimes be easy to leave behind the actual plot of these films and their respective villains, give or take some exceptions. But the recently released Dead Reckoning Part One has quite the memorable villain, because it’s the very thing the entertainment industry is actively fighting at this moment.Will We See More of…

Good morning SAG-AFTRA! How are you feeling? Strike-ready? Us too. Besides the news that SAG-AFTRA is very likely to go on strike alongside the WGA as the AMPTP refuses to bargain in good faith, we’ve got updates from Mission: Impossible, a peek at the Godzilla design to be used in Minus One, and a rumor about Black Bolt. Spoilers, to the picket lines!Finding Uhura’s Confidence in Strange New Worlds | io9 InterviewMission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning, Part 2During a recent interview with Variety, Christopher McQuarrie…

I understand that very few people care as much about Interview With the Vampire as I do, but the new season is right around the corner and promo is already getting set up for San Diego Comic-Con—so nobody should expect me to be normal about it. There’s also just... a lot of interesting discussion going on about what’s happening (or not happening) at SDCC this year! Are all you spoilers ready for SDCC?!Will We See More of Uhura's Relationship with Spock? | io9 InterviewGodzilla: Minus OneToho International President Koji…

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, popularly referred as Mission Impossible 7, had a decent opening in theatres across India. The Tom Cruise film reportedly collected ₹12.5 crore on day one as it released amid positive reviews. It is available in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu in India. Also read: Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One review: Tom Cruise fights evil Chat GPT, brings insane fun back to the movies Tom Cruise in a still from Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One. The spy…

Getting butts into movie theater seats is an assignment Tom Cruise has taken upon himself, one cinema-revitalizing blockbuster at a time. In partnership with director-writer Chris McQuarrie, the star ishitting the screens with the latest thrilling chapter of the Mission: Impossible franchise, Dead Reckoning Part One.Will We See More of Uhura's Relationship with Spock? | io9 Interviewio9 caught up with McQuarrie to celebrate the film’s release and talk about the cinematic formats that make Ethan Hunt’s current…

Ethan Hunt has aged pretty well.Image: ParamountYour mission, should you choose to accept it, is consider yet another ranking of Mission: Impossible films.With the five-year gap between Fallout, the franchise’s sixth entry, and this month’s seventh entry, Dead Reckoning Part One, many fans have had plenty of time to revisit the entire trilogy, which at this point has spawned almost three decades. Can you believe that? A child born when the first Mission: Impossible came out in 1996 is already a fully fledged adult.And…

When a film’s biggest stunt is not even its most exciting, you know you’re in for a good time and that’s exactly what happens with Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One. It’s a film that not only sends the Mission franchise in an exciting new direction, it grounds things with a story that feels timely and important, while also being hugely exciting.What Drew John Boyega Back Into Sci-Fi? | io9 InterviewCo-written and directed by Christopher McQuarrie, Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One is the seventh…

Tom Cruise plans to hang around the Mission: Impossible franchise as long as possible.Image: ParamountLast year, there was a rumor floating around that Tom Cruise was just about done with the Mission: Impossible franchise. The thought was that with everything that went into making the next two films in the franchise, Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One and Part Two, his character Ethan Hunt would slowly ride off into the sunset. Butin recent weeks, the writer and director of the films, Christopher McQuarrie,…