Chris McQuarrie Confirms Return For MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 6
Last week, word came out that Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation writer/director Chris McQuarrie was in talks to write and possibly direct Mission: Impossible 6, which Paramount Pictures started developing before Rogue Nation hit theaters. Now McQuarrie has taken to Twitter to announce that he will indeed return for the next entry in the long-running spy franchise:
The interesting part is that we don't know whether McQuarrie means he'll come back as a writer/director or just as a writer. Thus far, the M:I series has featured a different director for each iteration, and as much as I liked Rogue Nation, I'd hate to see that tradition come to an end at this stage in the franchise's history.
McQuarrie has worked with Cruise multiple times in his career, on projects ranging from Edge of Tomorrow to Jack Reacher to Valkyrie, and it's no secret that Cruise prefers working with established collaborators. But since Cruise and Paramount have the most say in the matter, we'll see which aspect the actor/producer values more: working with a director with whom he's already worked in this series, or making sure that the Mission: Impossible movies remain a place to showcase a different talented director with each entry.