Impossible' franchise comes to an end this summer Holt McCallany has high hopes for Tom Cruise's final Mission: Impossible film. PEOPLE caught up with McCallany, 61, at the New York City premiere of his upcoming movie The Amateur,

Jerry Bruckheimer, a producer on the sequel, said in 2022 that Tom Cruise was the "driving force" behind getting Val Kilmer to return for the movie.

Kilmer portrayed Lt. Tom “Iceman” Kazanski in the 1986 “Top Gun” film starring Cruise as Pete "Maverick" Mitchell. The two were rival fighter pilots who eventually became friends. The film catapulted both Kilmer and Cruise's careers, leading to a slew of box office hits for the two movie stars.

Tom Cruise paid tribute to his “Top Gun” co-star Val Kilmer, who died on Tuesday at the age of 65. Cruise attended CinemaCon, the annual convention of movie theater owners, to hype up “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning,

Cruise appeared alongside Kilmer — who died on Tuesday, April 1 - in the original 'Top Gun' and the 2022 sequel

"I can't tell you how much I admired his work and him as a human being," actor says of his Top Gun co-star and friend

Glen Powell and director Edgar Wright was in town today for Paramount's CinemaCon presentation which featured the first footage from Edgar Wright's Stephen King adaptation The Running Man. Co-stars Josh Brolin and Colman Domingo were also in tow.

Maverick” stars Glen Powell and Tom Cruise had a brief reunion this Thursday at CinemaCon. They were promoting their upcoming films for Paramount Pictures. Cruise is less than two months away from the premiere of “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning.