Katy O’Brian has been recruited to join Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible 8. Deadline reports the Love Lies Bleeding breakout will join Cruise in the follow-up to Mission: Impossible-Dead Reckoning, which is expected to be a direct continuation of that story.
This is the next big move for O’Brian, who has already had roles in Ant-Man & the Wasp: Quantumania and The Mandalorian. But it was her turn as the muscular lover to Kristen Stewart in Rose Glass’s crime flick Love Lies Bleeding that has made her a star.
Now O’Brian gets to work alongside Cruise in a role that already some are pegging as the villain. Now that would be something if she gets to go toe-to-toe with Cruise! I would’ve paid good money to see O’Brian and Rebecca Ferguson square off, but alas…
Christopher McQuarrie is back to direct Mission: Impossible 8, which could be the last chapter in the long-running franchise. Ving Rhames, Henry Czerny, Simon Pegg, Vanessa Kirby, Esai Morales, Hayley Atwell, Shea Whigham, and Pom Klementieff are all expected back.Holt McCallany, Nick Offerman, Janet McTeer and Hannah Waddingham are all new additions.
Delays have pushed the film to a May 23rd 2025 release date.
