'Project: It's Not Possible 7': Everything we understand about Tom Cruise's latest death-defying

His project, should he decide to take it on, will be released in theaters on July 14, 2023 for the highly anticipated

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(and COVID-delayed) seventh installment of Tom Cruise's "Undertake: You Can't Do" film franchise.

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"Task: Not Possible - Futile Reckoning Component One" marks Cruise's journey today as Ethan Hunt

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an agent for the Impossible Missions (IMF) force, who embarks on an operation that

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On Sunday, Cruise literally appeared in an industrial ruin for the NFL on CBS to thank moviegoers

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"Top Gun: Maverick," in theaters this summer. Before hopping off a plane

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Cruise reminded viewers that he and filmmaker Christopher McQuarrie (who co-wrote "Maverick")

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Then on Monday morning, Paramount and Skydance released a nearly 9-minute video that made it clear that jumping out of a plane

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