News broke last week that Star Trek helmer J.J. Abrams is going to produce Mission: Impossible IV after directing the third installment.
Now, Variety adds that Paramount Pictures is targeting a 2011 release for the sequel.
The trade adds that work on Mission: Impossible IV would inevitably be delayed by the busy schedules of the participants.
Abrams will be responsible for guiding the Star Trek sequel, while Cruise recently committed to an untitled film (formerly called Wichita) for 20th Century Fox that will be directed by James Mangold and co-star Cameron Diaz.
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I would check it out ONLY if Abrams did a "Star Trek" and relaunched the original team. Anything but "The Tom Cruise Show" again, please. Just give us modern versions of Briggs, Phelps, Rollin, Barney, Cinnamon, and Willy.
Heck, bring back Leonard Nimoy as Paris and make him their mentor figure! It worked once before, so why not give it another shot?
Vladimir Mashkov has joined the cast of the fourth Mission: Impossible film, reports The Wrap.
Mashkov has appeared in dozens of Russian films, including 2004's Papa, which he also wrote and directed, but remains best known to Western audience for his 2001 role in Behind Enemy Lines, playing a Russian assassin opposite Owen Wilson.
The current line up for the Brad Bird film includes Tom Cruise (returning as Ethan Hunt), Ving Rhames (returning as Luther Stickell), Simon Pegg (returning as Benji Dunn) and newcomers to the franchise Jeremy Renner and Paula Patton.
Mission: Impossible is in production now and planned for release December 16, 2011.
Michael Nyqvist has signed on to play one of the lead villains in the fourth Mission: Impossible film, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Nyqvist appeared in all three Swedish adaptations of Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest) as reporter Mikael Blomkvist.
The current line up for the Brad Bird film includes Tom Cruise (returning as Ethan Hunt), Ving Rhames (returning as Luther Stickell), Simon Pegg (returning as Benji Dunn) and newcomers to the franchise Jeremy Renner, Paula Patton and the just announced Vladimir Mashkov.
Mission: Impossible is in production now and planned for a release on December 16, 2011.
Scenes for the new Mission: Impossible movie will be filmed in Dubai, the emirate's government media office announced today.
"The latest installment of the globally renowned action thriller 'Mission: Impossible,' starring Tom Cruise, will be filmed in Dubai within the coming few weeks," the statement said.
"Filming in Dubai would be the longest among other international cities that will feature in MI4." Shooting there is expected to last at least three weeks.
To be directed by Brad Bird, the fourth film in the franchise stars Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Paula Patton, Vladimir Mashkov and Michael Nyqvist. It is scheduled to hit theaters on December 16, 2011.
Josh Holloway is the latest name to be added to the ever-growing cast that is the fourth Mission: Impossible film, says The Hollywood Reporter.
Holloway, best known for his six-season portayal of Sawyer on "Lost," will play a secret agent member of Ethan Hunt's (Tom Cruise) task force.
The current line up for the Brad Bird film includes Cruise, Ving Rhames (returning as Luther Stickell), Simon Pegg (returning as Benji Dunn) and newcomers to the franchise Jeremy Renner, Paula Patton, Vladimir Mashkov and Michael Nyqvist.
Mission: Impossible is in production now with plans to shoot in Dubai, among other international locales. It is currently planned for release on December 16, 2011.
Léa Seydoux is the latest name to join the rapidly expanding cast of the fourth Mission: Impossible film, according to a story at The Hollywood Reporter.
Seydoux, a French actress, has recently appeared in the English-language films Robin Hood and Inglorious Basterds and will star in the upcoming Midnight in Paris, Woody Allen's next project.
Seydoux will play Mission: Impossible's female villain, acting alongside Michael Nyqvist, who will play her male counterpart.
The rest of the current line up for the Brad Bird film includes Tom Cruise (returning as Ethan Hunt), Ving Rhames (returning as Luther Stickell), Simon Pegg (returning as Benji Dunn) and newcomers to the franchise Jeremy Renner, Paula Patton, Vladimir Mashkov and Josh Holloway.
Mission: Impossible is in production now with plans to shoot in Dubai, among other international locales. It is currently planned for release on December 16, 2011. You can view new set photos here!
UPDATE: Deadline is reporting that Slumbdog Millionaire's Anil Kapoor has also been cast as one of M:I IV's lead villains.
After filming in Prague, the production for the new "Mission: Impossible" movie is moving on to Dubai. Director Brad Bird, executive producer Jeffrey Chernov, producer Bryan Burke, Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner and Paul Patton held a press conference there on Thursday revealing where they'll shoot and that the title for the film will be Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol.
Burke mentioned that "we will be shooting in the building you are all sitting in right now," referring to Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest tower at 2,717 feet, where the news conference was held (see photo below).
"I'll be spending many days, many hours on the side of this building," Cruise added. "I can't give you details, but I will be up there."
In addition to Dubai and Prague, filming will also take place in Moscow and Vancouver. Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol hits theaters on December 16, 2011.
Tom Cruise wasn't kidding when he said he would be spending many days on the side of Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest tower at 2,717 feet, for Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol. The Daily Mail has published these photos of Cruise filming a stunt scene on the 124th floor of the tower!
ComingSoon.net has received more photos of director Brad Bird, Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg and Paula Patton filming Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol in Vancouver on Monday. You can view all the set photos we've received so far here!
Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol, produced by J.J. Abrams, hits theaters on December 16.
Paramount Pictures has released the trailer for director Brad Bird's Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, starring Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Paula Patton, Vladimir Mashkov, Michael Nyqvist, Josh Holloway, Lea Seydoux and Anil Kapoor. You can watch the trailer below and you can view three new photos here as well.
Hitting conventional and IMAX theaters on December 16, the action thriller is produced by J.J. Abrams and written by Josh Applebaum and Andre Nemec.
Paramount's Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, which earned $693 million worldwide, is hitting Blu-ray and DVD on April 17 and we've got your first look at a clip from the bonus features that talks about the Russian nuclear briefcase in the film.
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol will be available in a Limited Edition three-disc Blu-ray/DVD combo pack bursting with over two hours of special features that whisk viewers away to exotic locations in pursuit of the global production, disclose how the thrilling action sequences were captured, reveal the secrets of the life masks and other cool props, and much, much more. The film will also be available as a two-disc Blu-ray/DVD combo pack and as a single-disc DVD, each with select special features. All Blu-ray and DVD releases available for purchase will be enabled with UltraViolet, a new way to collect, access and enjoy movies.
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