Nick Offerman and Janet McTeer are the latest additions to the ever-expanding cast of Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two, starring Tom Cruise as the globe-trotting super spy Ethan Hunt. Writer-director Christopher McQuarrie took to Twitter to announce the news, along with the first look images from the film. Offerman and McTeer’s roles are being kept under wraps but judging by the photos, they look like authority figures, with Offerman dressed in a military uniform and wearing a name tag reading "Sydney." You can check out the photos below.

The first look also gives a glimpse of Mindhunter star Holt McCallany and Henry Czerny sitting alongside Offerman’s character. McCallany’s casting as Secretary of Defense Bernstein was prematurely announced last week, so to fend off more surprises, McQuarrie himself announced the new cast members of Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two.

McQuarrie and Offerman will also be guests on the 200th episode of Light The Fuse, a weekly Mission: Impossible-centric podcast hosted by Drew Taylor of The Wrap. In a preview, Offerman talks about how excited he is about joining Mission: Impossible 8 and the incredible ambition of the film.

"It’s really fun and fascinating. There’s a handful of very high caliber actors that I’m getting to work with as well as the lead guy, and getting to toss the ball around is incredible. Getting to watch them deal with the fire hose technique is fascinating, because everybody brings a great deal of elan and panache and years of experience. And watching McQ and Tom do their thing, you can’t really describe it to people. You have to be there. I’ve never seen anything like it. It’s like they’re painting an incredible mural and we’re all the paints."

Nick Offerman is best known for his lead role as Ron Swanson in NBC’s beloved sitcom Parks and Recreation. Offerman, along with Steve Carrell and Bill Hader, is probably the best TV comedy actor of the century, and while Offerman has ventured towards more serious roles, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two marks his first action movie. Offerman will also appear in HBO’s The Last of Us.

As for Janet McTeer, she is a Tony Award-winning actress who garnered critical acclaim for the 1999 comedy-drama Tumbleweeds. McTeer also played Jessica Jones’ mother, Alisa Jones, in Netflix’s eponymous TV superhero series and starred as the ruthless lawyer Helen Pierce in Ozark. McTeer will next appear alongside Ralph Fiennes and Anya Taylor-Joy in The Menu.

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Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Will Conclude The Long-Running Franchise

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Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning will be a two-part finale for the Mission: Impossible franchise, ending Tom Cruise’s almost three-decade-long stint as superspy Ethan Hunt, and it looks like he is planning to go out with a bang.

Cruise and writer-director Christopher McQuarrie have promised that Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two will be the biggest movie of the franchise yet, and the ensemble cast certainly indicates so: Hayley Atwell, Esai Morales, Vanessa Kirby, Ving Rhames, Henry Czerny, Simon Pegg, Pom Klementieff, Rebecca Ferguson, Frederick Schmidt, Shea Whigham, Rob Delaney, Charles Parnell, Indira Varma, Mark Gatiss, and Cary Elwes. Most of the cast of Dead Reckoning Part One returns in Part Two, with McCallany, Offerman, and McTeer being the new recruits.

After multiple delays and Tom Cruise’s promotional commitments to Top Gun: Maverick, Mission: Impossible 8 began production in March 2022 and is currently filming in the UK, where Cruise was recently spotted jumping off a mountain.

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One will hit theaters on July 14, 2023, with Part Two arriving a year later, on June 28, 2024.