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IN FOCUS: Since 1996, the actor has used the long-running franchise as a vessel for the kind of star image he wants to project at any given time: bad boy, devoted husband, daredevil, mysterious saviour of the world. As the series reaches its possible conclusion, Adam White ponders who Cruise…

THE COUNTDOWN: As the perpetually building-climbing Ethan Hunt faces ‘The Final Reckoning’, Adam White and Louis Chilton rank all eight of the Mission movies (so far?) – from the one with Philip Seymour Hoffman to the one with all the slow-motion doves

In this week’s newsletter: In retiring his messianic action hero schtick, a return to challenging, messy roles could lead to a late-era flowering of his career

The Knives Out star, 37, and Mission Impossible actor, 62, were caught attending David Beckham’s birthday party together earlier this month

"It took me 35 years to figure out Top Gun: Maverick"

The actor was speaking at the global premiere of Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning in London.

The film marks the eighth, and possibly final, instalment of the action spy franchise, with other stars of the film expected on the red carpet

The eighth and final movie of the 'Mission: Impossible' franchise is a movie of two halves, representing the highest and lowest points of the series.

Three years after soaring into Cannes with Top Gun: Maverick, Tom Cruise returned to the Croisette on Wednesday for the premiere of Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning.

Tom Cruise and the 'Top Gun: Maverick' creative team are "thinking and talking about many different stories" for the upcoming sequel.

The eighth – and perhaps last – iteration of the Mission: Impossible film franchise made its big premiere on the first day of the Cannes film festival Wednesday, with producer and star Tom Cruise taking to the red carpet alongside fellow cast members.