Barely two months to go before Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation hits theaters and fans are already gearing up to see this action packed movie. The latest news for the fifth installment to the Mission Impossible franchise are whetting movie fans' excitement as it includes three new stills and premiere location updates.
Three new images of this highly anticipated action adventure were released on Monday which features Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson, Alec Baldwin and Simon Pegg. The stills looked interesting and showed Tom Cruise (Ethan Hunt) trying to work out of the bonds on his wrist, while Rebecca Ferguson's character tries to land an elbow thrust against an enemy's back. Another featured Simon Pegg, who plays Benji Dunn, looking worried with a contraption strapped across his chest with Alec Baldwin standing behind him.
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation will have its world premiere at Austria's Vienna State Opera house on July 23, followed by a New York premiere on July 27. The location was picked because Cruise and co-star Ferguson filmed a thrilling stunt atop the opera house last summer, where Cruise was seen dangling from a rope in a tux with the beauty in a gold gown. A trailer also showed Cruise in hand-to-hand combat in the theater's wings.
Tom Cruise has been packing on insane action stunts for Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation. Aside from hanging from the side of an Airbus plane 5,000 feet above ground, jumping off a waterfall and an underwater sequence shot without cuts, Cruise also did a crazy high speed motorcycle ride with Simon Pegg as his passenger. The two were zipping through very narrow streets without wearing any helmets or pads.
Even Alec Baldwin, who plays the head of the CIA intent on dismantling the IMF, praised Cruise for his commitment in doing own death-defying stunts. During an interview at the C2 Conference in Montreal last week, Baldwin revealed that he relished playing a villain opposite Tom Cruise and is awed by the things that the actor puts himself through to make his movies, in which Cruise responded that he has to give them "their money's worth". By "their money," Cruise meant both the studios that finance the movie and the audience that buys tickets at the local multiplex. "I thought, what a great attitude to have," Baldwin said.
This fifth Mission is expected to be this summer's biggest action movie. Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation hits theaters on July 31.
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