MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - DEAD RECKONING Director Explains Why It Was Split Into Two Parts
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One is fast approaching and during a recent interview with director Christopher McQuarrie, he offered an explanation as to why the film was split into two parts, and it’s not just because it was a bigger story. During a recent interview with Collider, McQuarrie said:
"Well, we knew with Fallout. Fallout really grew because of all the character and emotion we were putting into the story, all the things that we had discovered in Rogue Nation that was so unexpected. I knew I wanted to expand the cast, and I knew I wanted to give each one of those characters more to do, so I knew the movie was going to be bigger and longer than Fallout."
Then it just got to the point where the creative team questioned why they were trying to fit everything they wanted to do into one movie. They wanted to build an epic story and make sure there was enough time to play with the emotion of it all. McQuarrie went on to say:
"And at which point I said, 'Why are we fighting this? Why are we going to try to jam this into two hours? Let's just break it in half and make it two movies.' That really was the rationale behind it being a two-part movie. It just it wasn't just that the story was bigger but that we wanted more emotion in the movie.”
The filmmaker then went on to talk about the challenges of developing a two-part action thriller epic, saying:
"Yeah, it's massive, and it was complicated by the fact that certain things in Part Two required stopping Part One to shoot them, whether it was because of weather or actor availability. And so, with all the other challenges that were confronting this movie while we were making it, there was the challenge of stopping in the middle, not even knowing what the full movie was, and trying to predict what it was in the second film. It's a testament to how great this team is and how patient this cast is. It's really something.”
Well, I’m really excited to see how the story these next two films tell will play out! Everything I’ve seen from Dead Reckoning Part One has been awesome, and the reviews that have been coming in are extremely positive. So, it seems like fans are in for another awesome Mission: Impossible adventure!
In Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, “Ethan Hunt and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: To track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity before it falls into the wrong hands. With control of the future and the fate of the world at stake, and dark forces from Ethan's past closing in, a deadly race around the globe begins. Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan is forced to consider that nothing can matter more than his mission – not even the lives of those he cares about most.”
The movie stars Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Rebecca Ferguson, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, Vanessa Kirby, and Henry Czerny along with newcomers Shea Whigham (Joker), Pom Klementieff (Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Avengers: Infinity War) Esai Morales (La Bamba, Titans), Charles Parnell, Indira Varma (Game of Thrones), Mark Gatiss, and Cary Elwes (Saw). Nick Offerman (Parks and Recreation), Janet McTeer (Tumbleweeds, Albert Nobbs), Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso), and Holt McCallany (Mindhunter, Nightmare Alley).
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One hits theaters on July 12th and Part Two is currently dated July 28th, 2024.