UPDATE: Paramount has now released the full trailer for Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation as well. Check it out
For the fifth time in almost 20 years, Tom Cruise will slip into the role of secret agent Ethan Hunt for the latestinstallment of the Mission: Impossible film franchise, and on Cruises TwitterSunday, the actor shared the first teaser-trailer for the July 31stblockbuster. Dubbed Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation, the new chapter finds Hunt and his team facing off against a sinister spy collective called the Syndicate bent on eliminating the M:I crew.
While the teaser is loaded with impressive martial arts sequences and explosions, the highlight comes in the final moments when Cruises character is seen hanging from a plane thats mid-takeoff. If the scene looks convincingly real, its because Cruise who has a habit of doing his own stunts instead of just relying on CGI and stuntmen actually clung to the door of an Airbus A400to get the shot.
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation will see the return of Ghost Protocolsidekicks Simon Pegg and Jeremy Renner as well as areunion withVing Rhames Luther Stickell, who played a large part in the first three M:I films but only stopped by for an uncredited cameo in the fourth installment. Joining the cast this time around is Alec Baldwin, who portrays the head of the CIA, as well as Swedish actress Rebecca Ferguson and Prometheus actor Sean Harris.
The Usual Suspects screenwriter and Jack Reacher director Christopher McQuarrie helmed the blockbuster, which moved up from its original Christmastime release dateto a summer slot to avoid a box office showdown with another J.J. Abrams production, Star Wars: The Force Awakens.