UPDATED: Tom Cruise Signs On for 'Mission: Impossible 4'
Expected to begin filming soon for a Memorial Day 2011 release
Photo: Paramount Pictures
UPDATED: Paramount Pictures just released an official press release announcing the project for a May 28, 2011 release with Paramount Pictures Chairman and CEO Brad Grey quoted saying, "Tom and J.J. are great talents and we are excited to be working with them to re-launch this legendary franchise."
Deadline is fast and furious with consistent bits of casting news that are, of all things, actually interesting. The latest confirms what many of us probably assumed even though it wasn't yet official, but Tom Cruise has signed on to star in Mission: Impossible 4, but perhaps the question most people are more interested in is who will direct.
Mike Fleming at Deadline says while J.J. Abrams is still aboard as producer he has not signed on to direct the follow-up to Mission: Impossible III, which Abrams directed back in 2006. Reviews on that film were, for the most part, strong, but the $134 million the film managed domestically was seen as a disappointment at the time considering the reported $150 million budget. It went on to earn just shy of $400 million worldwide.
The script for M:I4 was penned by Josh Applebaum and Andre Nemec and hope is to make the film Cruise's next with filming to begin soon for a Memorial Day 2011
(May 27) release. Expectation is for this to be very much an Ethan Hunt driven flick with Cruise front and center.
Cruise most recently completed filming Knight and Day with Cameron Diaz for 20th Century Fox, which will be released on July 2, 2010. You can check out the trailer for that film here.
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I loved the first film, hated the second, was disappointed by the third (true I have only seen it once and need to give it a secong go), but Tom Cruise is a solid actor, and personally I don't care of the guy has a screw loose or not. He is a fine actor, too bad he doesn't do enough drama work, still, this isl a film I would see.
Really? In this world where our James Bond is brooding & cold, and Liam Neeson is the legitimate action hero for our generation, do we really need another "Mission Impossible" film? Didn't the last one "disappoint" commercially and critically as well?
Wait, let me guess…REBOOT! That's it, right?
May 28, 2011 is a Saturday. Is it aiming for the 27th?
alright!
Relaunch?
I'm actually amazed this film is being made. I thought Tom Cruise cleaned up on MI3, and no one else made much money. Is he going to share the wealth this time?
@Matt: Yeah, I accidentally looked at the wrong date.
At least is not a reboot.
At this time and age, sequels seems like fresh news compared to 'hey, another reboot!!' =/
@Leandro Dubost:
Hahaha. That's actually true.
Brad,
With the continued news of sequels for ST and MI, where does that leave the impending Dark Tower series of movies? Shelved for the forseeable future?
@chuckee: To my knowledge, if that series was to ever be adapted it would be for television. But I could be wrong as nothing concrete ever seemed to be announced.