Played by Henry Cavill Mission: Impossible -- Fallout includes a new cast member in the form of Superman actor Henry Cavill, who plays CIA agent August Walker.

It’s also a long-running movie series: Mission: Impossible has featured seven films spanning almost 30 years, with the most recent film, The Final Reckoning, debuting in theaters on May 23.

That all changed with McQuarrie’s era, where he made the sixth entry, Mission: Impossible - Fallout, into a direct sequel to his first film in the series, Rogue Nation.