(L) Tom Cruise attends the red carpet and Abu Dhabi premiere of ‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One’ presented by Paramount Pictures and Skydance at Emirates Palace Hotel on June 26, 2023 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Photo by Darren Arthur/Getty Images for Paramount Pictures. (Center) Henry Cavill as Agent Argylle in ‘Argylle’ directed by Matthew Vaughn. (Right) Marion Cotillard in ‘Extrapolations’ premiering March 17, 2023 on Apple TV+.
Advance:
- Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill and Marion Cotillard could star in ‘Broadsword’.
- It is a World War II film developed by ‘Mission: Impossible’ co-writer and director Christopher McQuarrie.
- It could be shot before or after Cruise works with Alejandro González Iñárritu.
While Tom Cruise and writer/director Christopher McQuarrie are still immersed in finishing up their latest film, “Mission: Impossible” (for the record, it would be the eighth in the franchise, the follow-up to last year’s “Dead Reckoning” and whose release date has been postponed several times for various reasons), they also have one eye on the future and collaborations outside the world of Ethan Hunt and the IMF.
Once McQuarrie finishes prepping the next ‘Mission’ movie for a May 2025 release, it seems he’s ready to switch things up while Cruise remains the star.
The filmmaker has been preparing a new script, set in World War II, with ‘Dead Reckoning’/’Mission Eight’ co-writer Erik Jendresen, and According to World of ReelIt is called ‘Broadsword’.
Following the news of the Cruise, we have news of Daniel Richtman, the usual movie scooper that Henry Cavill and Marion Cotillard are in talks to join him. Cavill, of course, appeared alongside the actor in 2018’s ‘Mission: Impossible – Fallout.’
What is the story of ‘Broadsword’?
Henry Cavill in ‘The Ministry of Ungentlemen’. Photo: Daniel Smith.
The new film reportedly tells the story of an SOE (Special Operations Executive, a clandestine army fighting the enemy in Europe and Asia) operation in World War II. It follows a naval captain who crashes in France and becomes the only survivor. Against all odds, he must complete his mission amidst the chaos of war.
Of course, Cavill has some experience in covert operations during World War II thanks to his role this year in “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare,” directed by Guy Ritchie. Cotillard, meanwhile, appeared in “Allied” and Cruise in “Valkyrie,” written by McQuarrie.
What has McQuarrie said about the film?
Christopher McQuarrie, writer and director of ‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One’.
Talking about one of the several mammoths Empire Spoiler Special Podcasts On the occasion of the release of ‘Dead Reckoning’, this is what McQuarrie had to say about the new film:
“There’s a movie that Cruise and I are thinking about doing next or in the near future, that Erik and I are developing together, that’s been dubbed on the Internet as ‘The Gnarly Movie.’ It’s the movie that everyone’s been asking for and that we want to make.”
When can we expect filming for ‘Broadsword’?
Tom Cruise stars as Captain Pete “Maverick” Mitchell in ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ from Paramount Pictures, Skydance and Jerry Bruckheimer Films.
At this point, no one knows, but according to Production Weekly, ‘Broadsword’ will be shooting next year. Cruise has been in talks with ‘Birdman’ star Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu to star in his next film, so it’s possible that could happen next, followed by ‘Broadsword’. If there are recent talks While it’s true that Glen Powell has told us that there’s an imminent (though not immediate) start date for another ‘Top Gun’ movie in our collective future as well.
Sequel to Top Gun: Maverick (2022) and third installment of the “Top Gun” franchise. Synopsis to be confirmed. Read the synopsis
Warner Bros. will produce and distribute Broadsword under its recent deal with Cruise, so naturally the studio will want to move forward with this as soon as possible. Does that mean Ethan Hunt and crew will be taking a break for a while? That certainly could be the case, but that means we’ll get to miss out on their crazy action antics.
And let’s not forget that the next ‘Mission’ movie isn’t too far away after all: it hits theaters on May 23rd of next year.
(L-R) Tom Cruise and Christopher McQuarrie on the set of ‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One’ from Paramount Pictures and Skydance.
