Tom Cruise returns to Cannes with ‘Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning’

Three years after Tom Cruise and “Top Gun: Maverick” flew into the Cannes Film Festival, he’s coming back to the Croisette with “Mission: Impossible — Final Reckoning.”

Christopher McQuarrie’s latest “Mission: Impossible” installment is the biggest Hollywood tentpole wading ashore in Cannes this year, which will only magnify the spotlight on Cruise’s Cannes return.

In 2022, Cruise received an honorary Palme d’Or from the festival, and the “Top Gun: Maverick” premiere included an impressively timed jet flyover. Whether the 62-year-old Cruise has anything up his sleeve this time will be much anticipated at Cannes. On Sunday, Cruise climbed atop the roof of the British Film Institute in London.

“The Final Reckoning,” which launched in Tokyo last week, opens in North American theaters on May 23.

 Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry was caught off-guard by the Cannes Film Festival's updated dress code and had to switch her outfit choice last minute, she told journalists on Tuesday.

Under the rules, opens new tab, nudity is not allowed on the red carpet, and "voluminous outfits, in particular those with a large train," that block the way for other guests and complicate theatre seating are also no longer permitted.

Organisers said they could deny red carpet access to those who do not respect the rules.

"I had an amazing dress by Gupta to wear tonight, and I cannot wear it because the train's too big," Berry, who is a festival jury member this year, said at a news conference.

Halle Berry, jury member of the 78th Cannes Film Festival, poses during a photocall before the opening ceremony of the 78th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, May 13, 2025. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab

"I had to make a pivot. But the nudity part I do think is probably also a good rule," added the U.S. star who won an Oscar for the 2001 film "Monster's Ball."

In recent years, guests and celebrities on the red carpet have been pushing the limits of the festival's dress code with giant trains, sheer dresses, and nipple-baring outfits.

Kanye West and his wife, Bianca Censori, caused a stir, opens a new tab at the Grammy Awards red carpet in February when Censori dropped an oversized coat to reveal a sheer dress with nothing underneath.

In addition, the code now explicitly allows for elegant shoes without a heel on the red carpet, a move welcomed by jury president Juliette Binoche.

"On the heel side, I think it's a very good idea, by experience," said the French film star on Tuesday.