Mission: Impossible
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| Created by | Bruce Geller |
| Original work | Mission: Impossible (1966) |
| Owner | Paramount Pictures (Paramount Global) |
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Mission: Impossible is a multimedia franchise based on a fictional secret espionage agency known as the Impossible Missions Force (IMF). The 1966 TV series ran for seven seasons and was revived in 1988 for two seasons. It inspired a series of theatrical motion pictures starring Tom Cruise beginning in 1996. By 2011, the franchise generated over $4 billion in revenue making Mission: Impossible one of the highest-grossing media franchises of all time.[1] As of 2022, the latest item released in the franchise was the action-drama Mission: Impossible – Fallout, which premiered in Paris on July 12, 2018.
Media[edit]
Television series[edit]
| Title | Run | Seasons | Episodes | Note(s) | Ref(s) |
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| Mission: Impossible (1966 TV series) | – | 7 | 171 episodes | ||
| Mission: Impossible (1988 TV series) | – | 2 | 35 episodes |
Films[edit]
| # | Title | Release date | Note(s) | Ref(s) |
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| 1 | Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob | 1968 | Released theatrically in Europe and Australia. | |
| 2 | Mission: Impossible | May 22, 1996 | Part of the Mission: Impossible film series. | |
| 3 | Mission: Impossible 2 | May 24, 2000 | ||
| 4 | Mission: Impossible III | May 5, 2006 | ||
| 5 | Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol | December 16, 2011 | ||
| 6 | Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation | July 31, 2015 | ||
| 7 | Mission: Impossible – Fallout | July 27, 2018 | ||
| 8 | Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One | July 14, 2023 | ||
| 9 | Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two | June 28, 2024 |
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Video games[edit]
| # | Title | Release date | Note(s) | Ref(s) |
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| 1 | Mission: Impossible | 1990 | Released for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Based on the 1988 TV series revival. | |
| 2 | Mission: Impossible | 1991 | Released for the MS-DOS. Based on the 1988 TV series revival. | [2] |
| 3 | Mission: Impossible | 1998 | Released for the Nintendo 64, later ported to the PlayStation in 1999. Based on the first film. | |
| 4 | Mission: Impossible | 2000 | Released for the Game Boy Color. Based on the first film. | |
| 5 | Mission: Impossible – Operation Surma | 2003 | Released for the Game Boy Advance, Xbox, PlayStation 2 and GameCube |
Books[edit]
| # | Title | Release date | Author | Note(s) | Ref(s) |
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| 1 | Mission: Impossible 1 | 1967 | Walter Wager (credited as John Tiger) | Part of a series | |
| 2 | Mission: Impossible 2: Code Name: Judas | 1968 | Jim Lawrence (credited as Max Walker) | ||
| 3 | Mission: Impossible 3: Code Name: Rapier | ||||
| 4 | Mission: Impossible 4: Code Name: Little Ivan | 1969 | Walter Wager (credited as John Tiger) | ||
| 5 | Mission: Impossible 5: The Priceless Particle | 1969 | Talmage Powell | Part of a series | |
| 6 | Mission: Impossible 6: The Money Explosion | 1970 | |||
| 7 | Mission Impossible | 1996 | Peter Barsocchini | Novelization to the Tom Cruise film | |
| 8 | Mission Impossible 8: The Aztec Imperative | James Luceno | Tie-in series to the film series | ||
| 9 | Mission Impossible 9: Ring Of Fire | Tom Philbin | |||
| 10 | Mission Impossible 10: The Doomsday Summit |
Comics[edit]
| # | Title | Release date | Note(s) | Ref(s) |
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| 1 | Mission: Impossible | 1967 | Five issue series published by Dell Comics | |
| 2 | Mission: Impossible | 1972 | Comic strip published in Countdown/TV Action | |
| 3 | Mission: Impossible | 1996 | Tie-in prequel one-shot to the 1996 film published by Marvel Comics |
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References[edit]
- ^ Barone, Matt (November 15, 2011). "Paula Patton: The P Is Free (2011/2012 Cover Story)". Complex. Verizon Hearst Media Partners. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
- ^ "Mission: Impossible for DOS (1991)". MobyGames. Blue Flame Labs. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
External links[edit]
Media related to Mission: Impossible at Wikimedia Commons
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