Editing Christopher McQuarrie (section)

===2014–present: ''Mission: Impossible'' and more===
McQuarrie completed his third feature as director in 2015. ''[[Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation]]'', the fifth entry in the [[Mission: Impossible (film series)|''Mission: Impossible'' film series]], which he co-wrote with [[Drew Pearce]]. It received strong reviews, grossed over US$195 million at the North American box office, and won a Golden Tomato for Best Action-Adventure Movie of 2015.

[[File:Top Gun Maveric Global Premiere May 2022.jpg|thumb|McQuarrie, [[Kenneth R. Whitesell]], [[Tom Cruise]], [[Joseph Kosinski]], and [[Jerry Bruckheimer]] at the premiere of ''[[Top Gun: Maverick]]'' at [[Naval Air Station North Island]]]]
By October 2015, McQuarrie completed a rewrite of ''[[Rogue One: A Star Wars Story]]'' and spent two weeks "tightening up the story".<ref>{{cite web|last=Goldberg|first=Matt|url=https://collider.com/star-wars-rogue-one-script-christopher-mcquarrie/|title=''Star Wars: Rogue One'': Christopher McQuarrie Brought In to "Save" Script|date=January 18, 2016|work=Collider|access-date=April 10, 2019}}</ref> McQuarrie and screenwriter [[Dylan Kussman]] were commissioned by Tom Cruise to write a new script for ''[[The Mummy (2017 film)|The Mummy]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Setoodeh|first=Ramin|last2=Lang|first2=Brent|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/the-mummy-meltdown-tom-cruise-1202465742/|title=Inside ''The Mummy's'' Troubles: Tom Cruise Had Excessive Control (EXCLUSIVE)|date=June 14, 2017|work=Variety Magazine|access-date=April 10, 2019}}</ref>

In November 2015, McQuarrie confirmed he would return to write and direct the sixth ''Mission: Impossible'' film, his third directing collaboration with Tom Cruise.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Pedersen|first=Erik|url=https://deadline.com/2015/11/christopher-mcquarrie-mission-impossible-6-director-writer-1201646710/|title=Christopher McQuarrie Accepts 'Mission: Impossible 6' Duties|date=November 30, 2015|access-date=April 11, 2023|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> The film, titled ''[[Mission: Impossible – Fallout]]'', was released in the United States on July 27, 2018. It received strong reviews from critics, and grossed over $791 million worldwide, becoming the franchise's highest-grossing title.<ref>{{cite web|title=''Mission: Impossible - Fallout'' (2018) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt4912910/ |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=April 11, 2023}}</ref>

McQuarrie pitched a sequel to ''[[Man of Steel (film)|Man of Steel]]'' after working with Superman actor [[Henry Cavill]] on ''Fallout''  that would have tied into a [[Green Lantern]] movie McQuarrie also proposed, although Warner Bros. rejected both ideas. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Outlaw |first=Kofi |date=2019-07-05 |title=Christopher McQuarrie Explains His Interconnected Superman and Green Lantern Movies WB Rejected |url=https://comicbook.com/dc/news/christopher-mcquarrie-superman-man-steel-2-green-lantern-dceu-movies/ |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=ComicBook.com |language=en-US}}</ref> McQuarrie and Cruise collaborated again on ''[[Top Gun: Maverick]]'', for which McQuarrie co-wrote the screenplay and produced the film.<ref>{{Cite web|date=October 31, 2018|last=Chitwood|first=Adam|title=Christopher McQuarrie Is Working on the 'Top Gun 2' Script|website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]] |url=https://collider.com/christopher-mcquarrie-top-gun-2/|access-date=May 31, 2022}}</ref>

Initially hesitant to return to the franchise,<ref>{{cite web|last=Chitwood|first=Adam|url=https://collider.com/mission-impossible-7-christopher-mcquarrie/|title=Christopher McQuarrie on Whether He'll Return to Direct ''Mission: Impossible 7''|date=August 6, 2018|work=Collider|access-date=January 23, 2019}}</ref> McQuarrie finalized a deal to write and direct ''[[Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One]]'' and ''[[Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning]]'' in January 2019. ''Dead Reckoning Part One'' was released on July 12, 2023, while ''The Final Reckoning'' is scheduled to be released on May 23, 2025.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/tom-cruise-mission-impossible-movies-2021-2022-1203126749/|title=Tom Cruise 'Mission: Impossible' Movies Dated for Summers of 2021, 2022|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|first=Dave|last=McNary|date=February 1, 2019|access-date=February 1, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Kroll|first=Justin|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/christopher-mcquarrie-mission-impossible-films-back-to-back-1202986902/|title=Christopher McQuarrie Closes Deal to Direct Back-to-Back ''Mission: Impossible'' Films (EXCLUSIVE)|date=January 14, 2019|work=Variety|access-date=January 23, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=October 23, 2023|last=D'Alessandro|first=Anthony|title='Mission: Impossible 8' Jumps To 2025; 'A Quiet Place: Day One' Goes To Summer In 2024 Theatrical Shake-Up Due To Actors Strike|url=https://deadline.com/2023/10/mission-impossible-dead-reckoning-part-2-quiet-place-day-one-actors-strike-1235580981/|access-date=November 6, 2023|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref>  Ahead of the latter's release, McQuarrie was honored with a Director of the Year award at the 2025 [[CinemaCon]], which was presented to him by Tom Cruise.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fuster |first1=Jeremy |title=‘Mission: Impossible 8’: Tom Cruise Shows Off Stunts and Honors Christopher McQuarrie at CinemaCon |url=https://www.thewrap.com/mission-impossible-8-tom-cruise-shows-off-stunts-and-honors-christopher-mcquarrie-at-cinemacon/ |access-date=7 April 2025 |work=[[TheWrap]] |date=3 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250407144000/https://www.thewrap.com/mission-impossible-8-tom-cruise-shows-off-stunts-and-honors-christopher-mcquarrie-at-cinemacon/ |archive-date=7 April 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref>