Tom Cruise has started filming the latest outing in the Mission:Impossible movie franchise in Rome.
Mission:Impossible 7 is directed by Christopher McQuarrie and
will be filmed in various parts of Rome's historic centre
including Via della Tribuna Campitelli, Via Corrado Ricci, and
the Imperial Forums, Rome city council said Tuesday.
The first few days of the shoot will be in the Rione
Sant'Angelo, around Castel Sant'Angelo, and the trendy Monti
quarter, the council said.
Filming will then move on to various streets in the centre.
"Major international productions are continuing to choose Rome,"
said the council in the Italian capital, where the last Bond
film Spectre was shot, among others.
"After lockdown there has been an intense restart in the
June-August period with 596 requests to the cinema office, up
from 583 in the same period in 2019.
"The Capitoline offices recently authorized
Lotus Production to make the new Mission: Impossible.
"This is a very big economic and organizational commitment,
while adopting scrupulous measures to prevent the spread of the
virus, with daily tests for the entire crew and cast, and the
disinfection of sets and equipment".
Mission: Impossible 7 is another thrilling action spy film
written and directed by McQuarrie, and starring Cruise, who
reprises his role as top agent Ethan Hunt.
It is the seventh installment of the Mission Impossible film
series and the third film in the series to be directed by
McQuarrie, following Rogue Nation and Fallout.
The cast includes Cruise, Ving Rhames, Henry Czerny, Simon Pegg,
Rebecca Ferguson, and Vanessa Kirby, all of whom reprise their
roles from the previous films, along with Hayley Atwell, Pom
Klementieff, Shea Whigham, and Esai Morales, who will join the
franchise.
Mission: Impossible 7 is scheduled to be released on November
19, 2021, by Paramount Pictures. A direct sequel, also directed
by McQuarrie, will be released on November 4, 2022.
Under the working title Mission:Impossible Libra, the film will
also be shot in Venice and other countries including Poland.
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