That's not a clear answer either way, then, but it certainly sounds like this could be Cruise's final time in the Mission: Impossible franchise. "Final" is very final, after all.

Impossible - The Final Reckoning will bring an end to Ethan Hunt's adventures, Tom Cruise and Christopher McQuarrie have weighed in on whether this is really the end.

The actor hanged himself from a plane at more than 3,000 meters above sea level and 130 miles per hour during the filming of the eighth 'Mission Impossible'