The Marvel Cinematic Universe actress has joined the Mission Impossible franchise.
Hayley Atwell has been cast to star in a lead role in the seventh installment of the action-pack spy franchise opposite Tom Cruise who returns secret agent Ethan Hunt.
The news was confirmed by writer-director Christopher McQuarrie who took to Instagram and captioned a photo go Atwell with “Should you choose to accept…,” to which she replied in her own post, “Mission: Accepted. Though I’m not the sort to follow orders….”
A Mission: Impossible 8 feature has already been confirmed and dated by Paramount for released on August 5, 2022.
The MCU actress most recently starred in Avengers: Endgame as Peggy Carter.
Mission Impossible 7 is set to be released on July 23, 2021.
