Muscular newcomer for “Mission: Impossible 8”: Is this Marvel shooting star making life difficult for Tom Cruise?

After roles in “The Walking Dead”, “Z Nation” and “Agents Of SHIELD”, Katy O’Brian became best known as the opaque ex-Emperor Elia Kane in the second and third seasons of the “Star Wars” series “The Mandalorian”. known to a wider audience. Things have been uphill for the 35-year-old since then, with the actress and martial artist remembered in no small part for her physical presence. For example, as a freedom fighter from the quantum realm Jentorra in ‘Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania’ and the bodybuilder romantic thriller ‘Love Lies Bleeding’, for which she and her co-star Kristen Stewart have already been enthusiastically celebrated and which will be released on December 13 and will finally hit German cinemas in June 2024.

So it’s no wonder that the next blockbuster roles won’t be long in coming. After landing a role in the sequel to the disaster film “Twisters” (theatrical release: July 18, 2024), she now joins what is currently Hollywood’s biggest action franchise: Katy O’Brian Joins the Cast of “Mission: Impossible 8“. The industry newspaper reports this First.

Tom Cruise’s comrade or adversary?

There are no details yet about Katy O’Brian’s role in Mission: Impossible 8. It is unclear whether she will join the team of agents around Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise), Luther Stickel (Ving Rhames) and Benji Dunn ( Simon Pegg). Since Grace (Hayley Atwell), who first appeared in the predecessor “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning”, has only just been added, We think it’s more likely that O’Brian will become a new antagonist who could make life quite difficult for Ethan and Co.

The exact plot of the eighth “Mission: Impossible” adventure is still being kept a top secret. However, the plot about the battle against an overwhelming AI from the seventh part will likely continue, even though the film will probably no longer have the originally planned title ‘Dead Reckoning Part 2’.

‘Mission Impossible 8’ won’t hit theaters until 2025

After delays caused by last year’s strike by the U.S. actors’ union SAG-AFTRA, filming on “Mission: Impossible 8” only recently resumed. It’s entirely possible that more cast additions will be announced in the coming weeks. New cast members include ‘Ted Lasso’ football club boss Hannah Waddingham and ‘Parks And Recreation’ fan favorite Nick Offerman. Henry Czerny, Vanessa Kirby, Esai Morales and Pom Klementieff are back.

However, we still have to wait more than a year until the release: “Mission: Impossible 8” will hit German cinemas on May 22, 2025. Like the three previous parts, the action figure is again directed by Christopher McQuarrie.