Mission: Impossible
American media franchise
- Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob
- Film series
- Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
- Mission: Impossible (1988–1990)
- Mission: Impossible (1990)
- Mission: Impossible (1998)
- Mission: Impossible (2000)
- Mission: Impossible – Operation Surma
- Music from Mission: Impossible
- Mission: Impossible
- Music from and Inspired by Mission: Impossible 2
- Mission: Impossible 2: Score
- Mission: Impossible III
- "Theme from Mission: Impossible"
- "I Disappear"
- "Scum of the Earth"
- "Take a Look Around"
Mission: Impossible is an American multimedia franchise based on a fictional secret espionage agency known as the Impossible Missions Force (IMF). The 1966 TV series ran for seven seasons and was revived in 1988 for two seasons. It inspired a series of theatrical motion pictures starring Tom Cruise beginning in 1996. By 2011, the franchise generated over $4 billion in revenue making Mission: Impossible one of the highest-grossing media franchises of all time.[1] As of 2023, the latest media released in the franchise was the live-action spy film Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, which premiered in Rome on July 12, 2023.
Media
Television series
Title | Release | Seasons | Episodes | Note(s) |
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Mission: Impossible (1966 TV series) | 1966–1973 | 7 | 171 episodes | |
Mission: Impossible (1988 TV series) | 1988–1990 | 2 | 35 episodes |
Films
Title | Release date | Note(s) |
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Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob | 1967 | Released theatrically in Europe and Australia. |
Mission: Impossible | May 22, 1996 | Part of the Mission: Impossible film series. |
Mission: Impossible 2 | May 24, 2000 | |
Mission: Impossible III | May 5, 2006 | |
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol | December 16, 2011 | |
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation | July 31, 2015 | |
Mission: Impossible – Fallout | July 27, 2018 | |
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One | July 12, 2023 | |
Untitled eighth Mission: Impossible film | May 23, 2025 |
Soundtracks
Title | Release date | Note(s) |
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Music from Mission: Impossible | 1967 | |
Mission: Impossible (Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture) | May 14, 1996 | |
Music from and Inspired by Mission: Impossible 2 | May 9, 2000 | |
Mission: Impossible 2 (Music from the Original Motion Picture Score) | June 13, 2000 | |
Mission: Impossible III (Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | May 9, 2006 | |
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (Music from the Motion Picture) | December 13, 2011 | |
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (Music from the Motion Picture) | July 24, 2015 | |
Mission: Impossible – Fallout (Music from the Motion Picture) | July 13, 2018 | |
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (Music from the Motion Picture) | July 12, 2023 |
Video games
Title | Platform | Release date | Note(s) |
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Mission: Impossible | NES | 1990 | Based on the 1988 TV series revival. |
Mission: Impossible[2] | MS-DOS | 1991 | |
Mission: Impossible | N64 | 1998 | Based on the first film. |
PSX | 1999 | ||
Mission: Impossible | GBC | 2000 | |
Mission: Impossible – Operation Surma | GBA | 2003 | |
Xbox | |||
PS2 | |||
GC | |||
Mission: Impossible III | J2ME | 2006 | Developed by Gameloft |
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation | iOS | 2015 | Developed by Glu |
Android |
Books
Title | Release date | Author | Note(s) |
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Mission: Impossible 1 | 1967 | Walter Wager (credited as John Tiger) | Part of a series |
Mission: Impossible 2: Code Name: Judas | 1968 | Jim Lawrence (credited as Max Walker) | |
Mission: Impossible 3: Code Name: Rapier | |||
Mission: Impossible 4: Code Name: Little Ivan | 1969 | Walter Wager (credited as John Tiger) | |
Mission: Impossible: The Priceless Particle | 1969 | Talmage Powell | Part of a series |
Mission: Impossible: The Money Explosion | 1970 | ||
Mission Impossible | 1996 | Peter Barsocchini | Novelization to the Tom Cruise film |
Mission Impossible: The Aztec Imperative | James Luceno | Tie-in series to the film series | |
Mission Impossible: Ring of Fire | Tom Philbin | ||
Mission Impossible: The Doomsday Summit |
Comics
Title | Release date | Note(s) |
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Mission: Impossible | 1967 | Five issue series published by Dell Comics |
Mission: Impossible | 1972 | Comic strip published in Countdown/TV Action |
Mission: Impossible | 1996 | Tie-in prequel one-shot to the 1996 film published by Marvel Comics |
Cast and characters
Character | TV series | Film | ||||||||
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Mission: Impossible (1966) | Mission: Impossible (1988) | Mission: Impossible | Mission: Impossible 2 | Mission: Impossible III | Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol | Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation | Mission: Impossible – Fallout | Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One | Untitled eighth film | |
Dan Briggs | Steven Hill | |||||||||
Cinnamon Carter | Barbara Bain | |||||||||
Barney Collier | Greg Morris | |||||||||
Willy Armitage | Peter Lupus | |||||||||
Jim Phelps | Peter Graves | Jon Voight | ||||||||
Rollin Hand | Martin Landau | |||||||||
Paris | Leonard Nimoy | |||||||||
Dana Lambert | Lesley Warren | |||||||||
Dr. Doug Robert | Sam Elliott | |||||||||
Lisa Casey | Lynda Day George | |||||||||
Nicholas Black | Thaao Penghlis | |||||||||
Max Harte | Tony Hamilton | |||||||||
Grant Collier | Phil Morris | |||||||||
Casey Randall | Terry Markwell | |||||||||
Shannon Reed | Jane Badler | |||||||||
Ethan Hunt | Tom Cruise | |||||||||
Luther Stickell | Ving Rhames | |||||||||
Eugene Kittridge | Henry Czerny | Henry Czerny | ||||||||
Claire Phelps | Emmanuelle Béart | |||||||||
Franz Krieger | Jean Reno | |||||||||
Sarah Davies | Kristin Scott Thomas | |||||||||
Max Mitsopolis | Vanessa Redgrave | |||||||||
Sean Ambrose | Dougray Scott | |||||||||
Nyah Nordoff-Hall | Thandiwe Newton | |||||||||
Mission Commander Swanbeck | Anthony Hopkins | |||||||||
Hugh Stamp | Richard Roxburgh | |||||||||
Billy Baird | John Polson | |||||||||
John C. McCloy | Brendan Gleeson | |||||||||
Dr. Nekhorvich | Rade Šerbedžija | |||||||||
Benji Dunn | Simon Pegg | |||||||||
Julia Meade | Michelle Monaghan | Michelle Monaghan | TBA | |||||||
Owen Davian | Philip Seymour Hoffman | |||||||||
John Musgrave | Billy Crudup | |||||||||
Declan Gormley | Jonathan Rhys Meyers | |||||||||
Lindsey Farris | Keri Russell | |||||||||
Zhen Lei | Maggie Q | |||||||||
Theodore Brassel | Laurence Fishburne | |||||||||
William Brandt | Jeremy Renner | TBA | ||||||||
Jane Carter | Paula Patton | |||||||||
Kurt Hendricks | Michael Nyqvist | |||||||||
Ilsa Faust | Rebecca Ferguson | TBA | ||||||||
Alan Hunley | Alec Baldwin | |||||||||
Solomon Lane | Sean Harris | TBA | ||||||||
Atlee | Simon McBurney | |||||||||
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | Tom Hollander | |||||||||
Alanna Mitsopolis White Widow | Vanessa Kirby | |||||||||
August Walker John Lark | Henry Cavill | |||||||||
Erica Sloane | Angela Bassett | |||||||||
Grace | Hayley Atwell | |||||||||
Jasper Briggs | Shea Whigham | |||||||||
Gabriel | Esai Morales | |||||||||
Paris | Pom Klementieff |
References
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- ^ Barone, Matt (November 15, 2011). "Paula Patton: The P Is Free (2011/2012 Cover Story)". Complex. Verizon Hearst Media Partners. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
- ^ "Mission: Impossible for DOS (1991)". MobyGames. Blue Flame Labs. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
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- 1966–1973 TV series
- score
- theme
- 1996 film
- score
- soundtrack
- Mission: Impossible 2
- score
- soundtrack
- "I Disappear"
- "Scum of the Earth"
- "Take a Look Around"
- Mission: Impossible III
- score
- "Impossible"
- Ghost Protocol
- score
- Rogue Nation
- score
- Fallout
- score
- Dead Reckoning Part One
- score
- NES (1990)
- N64 (1998)
- Game Boy Color (2000)
- Operation Surma (2003)
- Filming locations
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