Paula Wagner, the one-time budding actress-turned-superagent-turned studio owner in partnership with Tom Cruise, who helped produce the first three Mission:Impossible movies, was asked a question several years ago by students at DePaul University in Chicago that she was amply qualified to answer: What is a star?

The 'Final Reckoning' filmmaker partook in a masterclass at Cannes, which featured a surprise appearance by Cruise, who declined to state if the latest 'Mission' would be his last: "I'd rather just people see it and enjoy.

Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and the Impossible Missions Force are bringing the action to theaters near you on May 23 in “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning.″ Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to gather information on Ethan’s previous missions, from disguises to car chases.

Tom Cruise is a once-in-a-lifetime talent, with the actor being an endlessly bankable action star thanks to his penchant for wild stunts. He's in some of the best action movies ever, and all eyes are on what he's bringing in the next (and final?

“ Tom Cruise has done it again!” That’s the very early verdict from press screenings for the Hollywood icon’s latest film, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, with the film variously described as “astonishing,” “jaw-dropping,” “insane” and the “action movie of the summer.”

In video footage obtained by Discussing Film, the 62-year-old actor could be seen standing on the roof of the BFI IMAX building in London — one of the largest cinemas in the United Kingdom — on Sunday, May 11. Deadline confirmed from sources close to the star that the man standing on the roof was indeed Cruise.