Angela Bassett is set to return to the world of espionage in the upcoming Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, according to a Deadline report. The acclaimed actor will play her role, CIA Director Erika Sloane again, a character she first portrayed in 2018's Mission: Impossible - Fallout.
While the specific plot details of the new film from producers Paramount Pictures and Skydance, are still under wraps, the Mission: Impossible franchise, centres around Tom Cruise's iconic character Ethan Hunt and his adventures. The earlier film, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, revolves around Hunt and his fight against a sentient AI with potentially destructive capabilities.
Besides Cruise and Bassett, the cast reprising their roles includes Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Vanessa Kirby, Mariela Garriga, Henry Czerny, Shea Whigham, Greg Tarzan Davis, Charles Parnell, and Frederick Schmidt. Newcomers to the franchise include Holt McCallany, Janet McTeer, Nick Offerman, Hannah Waddingham, Katy O'Brian, and Stephen Oyoung.
Christopher McQuarrie, who directed and wrote the previous Mission: Impossible instalments, will once again helm the project. The film, previously titled Mission: Impossible 8, is slated for a May 23, 2025, release.
Bassett currently plays LAPD patrol sergeant Athena Grant in ABC's 9-1-1. On the feature film front, she recently appeared in Netflix's Damsel alongside Millie Bobby Brown. The actor is also lending her voice to Laika's animated film Wildwood and will star opposite Robert De Niro in Netflix's political thriller series Zero Day.
