Glen Powell Humorously Responds To Reports That He’ll Replace Tom Cruise As The Mission: Impossible Franchise’s Lead

Cruise has starred as Ethan Hunt in the “Mission: Impossible” franchise since 1996. It’s been rumored that the eighth film, titled “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning” and set for release in May 2025, will be Cruise’s last.

Glen Powell, now a Vanity Fair Hollywood issue cover star, has long counted his Top Gun: Maverick costar Tom Cruise as one of his mentors. But on Tuesday Powell denied rumors that he was set to inherit one of Cruise’s major film franchises in the years to come.

It was reported earlier this week that Glen Powell, the handsome and charismatic (pick one or the other, buddy; it’s not fair to the rest of us to be both) star of Hit Man and Twisters, is Tom Cruise’s preferred choice to take over the spy franchise following 2025’s Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning.

After a rumor swirled online about Tom Cruise wanting Glen Powell to replace him in the “ Mission: Impossible ” franchise, ESPN commentator Pat McAfee called up Powell himself to ask if it was true.

Glen Powell laughs off rumors of replacing Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible, joking about the dangers of the franchise.

Earlier this week, fans were delighted by the exhilarating first trailer for Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning , the final film in Tom Cruise ’s Mission: Impossible movie franchise. Just with this franchise alone,

Glen Powell wouldn't dream of doing the death-defying stunts in the 'Mission: Impossible' franchise. Goldberg's birthday episode also included the return of the Wind Machine of Chaos and her face on a giant wheel of cheese.

During a July episode of the Happy Sad Confused podcast with his Twisters costar Daisy Edgar-Jones, Powell appeared to suggest he knows when he will begin filming Top Gun 3. "I me