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Tom Cruise is returning to the big screen for a fourth installment of 'Mission: Impossible.'According to an exclusive report from Deadline Hollywood, the film will begin shooting as early as this summer, in time for a Memorial Day 2011 release, should moviegoers choose to accept.
Cruise will co-produce the film with 'MI:III' director J.J. Abrams from a script by screenwriters Josh Applebaum and Andre Nemec. Paramount, Cruise and Abrams are now in the process of finding a director.
The studio has since confirmed the news in a press release sent out this evening. "Tom and J.J. are great talents and we are excited to be working with them to re-launch this legendary franchise," said Paramount Pictures Chairman & CEO Brad Grey in the statement.
Tom Cruise is returning to the big screen for a fourth installment of 'Mission: Impossible.'According to an exclusive report from Deadline Hollywood, the film will begin shooting as early as this summer, in time for a Memorial Day 2011 release, should moviegoers choose to accept.
Cruise will co-produce the film with 'MI:III' director J.J. Abrams from a script by screenwriters Josh Applebaum and Andre Nemec. Paramount, Cruise and Abrams are now in the process of finding a director -- all of which has since been confirmed by the studio.
"Tom and J.J. are great talents and we are excited to be working with them to re-launch this legendary franchise," said Paramount Pictures Chairman & CEO Brad Grey in a statement released tonight.
Cruise last played the role of IMF agent Ethan Hunt in the 2006 flick 'M:I: III,' which grossed over $134 million, domestically; the franchise's previous two films took in $215.4 million and $181 million, respectively.
Worldwide, the 'Mission: Impossible' films have earned more than $1.4 billion.
In the meantime, movie fans can next see Cruise in the summer action flick 'Knight and Day,' opposite Cameron Diaz. Watch the trailer below:
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