Hayley Atwell is jumping from Marvel to Team Impossible. The actress has been cast alongside Tom Cruise in the next Mission: Impossible film. The movie will be the seventh film of the franchise and will once again be directed by Christopher McQuarrie.
The director posted this Instagram post to confirm the news:
Although Atwell has chosen to accept this mission, there is no word on the role for Atwell, who plays Agent Peggy Carter in the Avengers movies and in the wider MCU (her character also had her own ABC drama series), or if she is set for both upcoming films as two sequels are being done back to back.
Paramount has slated M:I 7 to open July 23, 2021, and M:I 8 for August 5, 2020. McQuarrie confirmed in January that he’d write and direct both films. McQuarrie led the last movie which went on to a franchise-best $791.1 million worldwide.
