HAYLEY ATWELL has accepted her next mission. The actress, who recently appeared in “Avengers: Endgame,” is joining the next installment of Paramount and Skydance’s “Mission: Impossible” franchise. Writer-director Christopher McQuarrie shared a teaser on Instagram on Friday. “Should you choose to accept...” McQuarrie captioned a photo of Atwell on Friday. For her part, Atwell responded, “Mission: Accepted. Though I’m not the sort to follow orders...” Cruise will reprise his starring role as Ethan Hunt for an upcoming pair of films, with McQuarrie set to return to write and direct the series’ seventh and eighth installments. McQuarrie previously directed 2015’s “Rogue Nation” and last year’s “Fallout,” which became the 23-year-old series’ highest-grossing film yet with US$791.1 million globally. Atwell is known for playing Peggy Carter in the “Captain America” films and ABC’s “Agent Carter.” Paramount has dated the next “Mission: Impossible” film for July 23, 2021, while the eighth installment will be released on Aug. 5, 2022. In addition to Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson is expected to return.(SD-Agencies) |