Tom Cruise to Attend "Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One" Premiere in Abu Dhabi

Hollywood star Tom Cruise will attend the Middle East premiere of his movie "Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One" in Abu Dhabi on June 26.

Securing the prestigious event marks a continuation of the Mission Impossible franchise’s long relationship with the United Arab Emirates.

The seventh installment was shot in Abu Dhabi’s Liwa desert as well as its new Midfield Terminal airport building, with the support of the Abu Dhabi Film Commission (ADFC).

Abu Dhabi entities twofour54 Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Airports (AD Airports), and Etihad Airways, the movie's official airline partner, collaborated on the shoots, which involved the construction of an Arabian village in the desert as well as multiple sets at the airport terminal.

It is the second time the Mission Impossible franchise has been filmed in Abu Dhabi. A key HALO (high-altitude, low-open) skydive in the 2018 sixth entry, "Mission: Impossible – Fallout", was filmed in the emirate with the support of ADFC, twofour54, and the UAE military.

Moreover, "Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol" filmed a daring high-altitude, climbing stunt at the top of the Burj Khalifa building in the neighboring emirate of Dubai in 2011.

Cruise will be accompanied by filmmaker Christopher McQuarrie and supporting cast members Hayley Atwell, Pom Klementieff, and Simon Pegg at the June 26 event, unfolding against the backdrop of Abu Dhabi’s swanky Emirate Palace hotel.

“Hosting the premiere of Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One is an honor for Abu Dhabi and is also a reflection of the position the emirate holds as one of MENA’s top film and TV locations,” said Khalfan Al Mazrouei, Acting Director General of Creative Media Authority.

“We are proud to have worked with such a genre-defining franchise once again and it demonstrates how Abu Dhabi has everything filmmakers need to successfully complete such large, complex productions.”

The Abu Dhabi shoots for Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One took place in 2021 over 15 days at the height of the coronavirus pandemic. The set was kept virus-free thanks to a protocol devised by the ADFC, dividing the cast and crew into five separate bubble zones.

"Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One" is among the 140 major productions to have been shot in Abu Dhabi in the past 10 years, which also include "Dune and Dune 2", "Mission: Impossible – Fallout", "Star Wars: The Force Awakens", "6 Underground", and "Furious 7", as well as Bollywood blockbusters such as "Vikram Vedha", "Tiger Zinda Hai", and "Bharat".

"Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One" releases theatrically in the U.S. on July 12, ahead of its international roll-out.