Impossible 8 Release Date, Cast, Director, Stunts And More Details

Needless to say, Tom Cruise is returning as IMF agent Ethan Hunt. After all, there's no "Mission: Impossible" without Cruise and his crazy stunts. He'll be joined on the big screen by longtime IMF stalwarts Simon Pegg (Benji Dunn) and Ving Rhames (Luther Stickell), and we'll also see the return as Hayley Atwell as Grace, the thief turned IMF agent, and Henry Czerny as slimy IMF director Eugene Kittredge.

Of course, Esai Morales will also return as Gabriel, Ethan Hunt's old foe. We'll also see Pom Klementieff back as Paris, as Simon Pegg wrote on Instagram, "If you think you've seen the last of Paris... think again." It also seems likely that Shea Whigham and Greg Tarzan Davis will return as Jasper Briggs and Degas, the CIA agents chasing Ethan Hunt around the globe.

As for new faces, Holt McCallany of "Mindhunter" will play the secretary of defense. He'll be accompanied by Hannah Waddingham of "Ted Lasso," Janet McTeer of "Ozark," and the one and only Ron Swanson, Nick Offerman. And while Angela Bassett wasn't able to portray CIA director Erika Sloane in "Dead Reckoning" due to COVID-19 considerations, ComicBookMovie.com has reported that she'll return for the eighth movie.

Plus, Rolf Saxon will mark his grand return to the franchise. Saxon played the unlucky William Donloe in the very first "Mission: Impossible" film, who's shipped off to Alaska after Ethan Hunt sneaks past him and hacks a Langley computer. On top of all that, filmmaker Christopher McQuarrie told Collider that "there are characters in the movie you don't even know about yet," so here's hoping we see the return of actors like Paula Patton, Sean Harris, and Thandiwe Newton.