The trailer for Tom Cruise's Mission: Impossible 7 has been released online
Key Takeaways:
- On Saturday, a teaser for Tom Cruise's next Mission: Impossible film, Dead Reckoning Part One, was allegedly released online.
- Many users were forced to delete their tweets and advise others to do the same after several accounts that had tweeted the trailer were deactivated.
The teaser for Tom Cruise's forthcoming Mission: Impossible film, Dead Reckoning Part One, supposedly leaked online on Saturday. Several Twitter accounts shared the reportedly leaked clip, and it rapidly went viral.
The majority of the videos were removed after the studio filed copyright infringement letters by the end of the day. Last month, the trailer was shown at CinemaCon but had not yet been made public.
Several Twitter accounts began sharing the 2-minute trailer for the Tom Cruise thriller on Saturday. While it's unclear how or where the trailer was released, Paramount Pictures acted quickly to handle the situation. Many of the tweets featuring the trailer were removed by Sunday morning, with a Twitter notice blaming "a notification by the copyright owner."
Several accounts that had posted the trailer were also deactivated, forcing many people to erase their tweets and advise others to do the same. "Paramount Pictures does not appear to have officially uploaded the two-minute spot online," according to The Hollywood Reporter. Multiple requests for comment from the studio were not immediately responded to."
Dead Reckoning (Mission: Impossible) Part One is the seventh installment in the blockbuster franchise, in which Tom Cruise plays Ethan Hunt, a secret agent. The movie is set to hit theatres on July 14, 2023. Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, and Vanessa Kirby also star in the film.
The Mission Impossible franchise has been highly lucrative, and it is widely credited with transforming Tom Cruise from a dramatic hero to an action superstar. So far, the six films have grossed an incredible $3.57 billion at the global box office.