Mission: Impossible 7 is an upcoming American action spy film starring Tom Cruise , who reprises his role as Ethan Hunt , and written and directed by Christopher McQuarrie . It will be the seventh installment of the Mission Impossible film series , and the third film in the series to be directed by McQuarrie, following Rogue Nation and Fallout . The film stars Cruise, Ving Rhames , Henry Czerny , Simon Pegg , Rebecca Ferguson , Vanessa Kirby , Angela Bassett and Frederick Schmidt , all of whom reprise their roles from the previous films, along with Hayley Atwell , Pom Klementieff , Shea Whigham , and Esai Morales , who will join the franchise.