Exclusive: After impressing with her muscular role in A24 Love lies bleedingKatie O’Brien joined the cast of Part 8 Mission: Impossible For Paramount Pictures and Skydance, sources tell Deadline.
Details regarding the plot of the series’ newest spy are still under wraps, as is her role. But she continues Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoningwhich grossed more than $567 million worldwide last summer and received two Academy Award nominations for Best Visual and Sound Effects.
the Mission: Impossible The films focuses on Ethan Hunt, a Cruise Impossible Missions Force agent, who sets out with his team on various missions around the world to avert a global catastrophe. In addition to Cruise, Ving Rhames, Henry Czerny, Simon Pegg, Vanessa Kirby, Esai Morales, Hayley Atwell, Shea Whigham, and Pom Klementieff are all expected to return. Other newcomers to the eighth film franchise, as previously reported, include Holt McCallany, Nick Offerman, Janet McTeer, and Hannah Waddingham.
Christopher McQuarrie returns to direct from his own script and produces alongside Cruise, with David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Don Granger and Chris Brock serving as executive producers. while M:I8 At one point it was seen as the end of the road for the franchise, and Macquarie has suggested in interviews over the past year that this would not be the end of the road for Hunt and the team. Originally scheduled to debut on June 28 this year, it will now conclude on May 23, 2025 due to delays due to the actor’s strike.
O’Brien stars opposite Kristen Stewart in Rose Glass’s film Love lies bleeding, a romantic thriller that received rave reviews in its world premiere at Sundance before being released widely earlier this month. Show off the sports pieces you might be bringing to her Mission: Impossiblethe film follows aspiring bodybuilder Jackie as she moves to rural Nevada and falls in love with an employee at her new local gym, where she is introduced to the chaotic and destructive world of steroids.
Also known for her roles as Communications Officer Elijah Kane on Disney+ The Mandalorian And freedom fighter Jintura V Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantum ObsessionThe actress’s other television credits include Hamilton scored, Magnum P, Shield agents, The west, the walking Dead And Nation Z, For example but not limited to. Next, she will appear opposite Daisy Edgar-Jones and Glen Powell in the Universal Pictures film. Tornadoesa sequel to the 1996 cult classic Cyclonewhich will be released on July 19.
O’Brien is repped by Gersh, Loper Rocklin Entertainment, RCM Talent & Management, and Jorn, Levin, Barnes.