Variety:

After delivering the biggest box office hit in the “Mission: Impossible" franchise, Paramount Pictures is ready to continue being in business with director Christopher McQuarrie in a big way.

Sources tell Variety that McQuarrie has signed back on to return to write and direct the next two films in the popular franchise. Sources also add that both films would be shot back-to-back — not unlike the final two “Avengers" sequels — in order to take advantage of the popularity of the series, with the first bowing summer 2021 and the second coming out in summer 2022. The release comes in 2021 to avoid conflict with Paramount and Cruise’s next big venture, “Top Gun: Maverick.“

Wow! I absolutely loved Rogue Nation and Fallout, and a lot of that has to do with McQuarrie’s deft hand as writer and director.

Who would’ve thought that we’d see a seventh AND eight Mission: Impossible, with Tom Cruise doing his own stunts at ages 59 and 60, respectively.