A Jeremy Renner Mission: Impossible 7 return could be set up in Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One. As hard as it is to imagine the Mission: Impossible movies without Tom Cruise's Ethan Hunt, Paramount originally dreamed of a future where he was no longer around and Jeremy Renner was the franchise's new lead. Renner's debut as William Brandt in Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol was meant to help establish this possible future, but the movie's success and Cruise's revitalized popularity meant Renner never took over and eventually was left out of Mission: Impossible - Fallout entirely.

Once it became clear that Jeremy Renner's William Brandt wouldn't become the new face of the M:i franchise, he became a supporting character in Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation. There is seemingly no plan to involve Jeremy Renner going forward, as he is not among the star-studded cast confirmed for Mission: Impossible 7.