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JamesG · 05-06-2013, 11:13 PM

Tom Cruise Signs Deal To Star in M:I 5
by MIKE FLEMING JR
Monday May 6, 2013

Ethan Hunt has accepted another mission. Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions have set Tom Cruise in a deal to star in and produce a fifth installment in the Mission: Impossible franchise.

Both Paramount and Skydance have confirmed this, but they are not saying who’s writing and directing, or when they are targeting release. I’ve heard all along that the director will be Christopher McQuarrie, Cruise’s frequent collaborator who most recently wrote and directed Jack Reacher, the adaptation of the Lee Child novels that starred Cruise.

The writer/director will be finalized shortly, and that person will develop the next installment with Cruise and JJ Abrams‘ Bad Robot. Abrams directed the third film in the series and he and Cruise reignited the franchise by hatching the Brad Bird-directed Mission: Impossible–Ghost Protocol, a film that added Jeremy Renner to the mix and saw Cruise sky-walking across the exterior glass 124 floors up on a skyscraper in Dubai.

That film had a $145 million budget and a worldwide gross of nearly $700 million, the most a Cruise film has ever done.

David Ellison’s Skydance Productions will once again co-finance the film with Paramount, a role it also serves the same role on Jack Reacher. That film is in early talks for a sequel as well on a $60 million budget film that grossed $216 million worldwide. That’s a good start for a series backed by the fan base for Child’s novel series. People seem forever to be debating whether Cruise still has it.

Audiences turned out for Oblivion, a $120 million budget film that grossed over $220 million worldwide. While it’s unclear what will happen to that Top Gun sequel that Cruise and Tony Scott were working on when the director died tragically, he is positioned to continue the M:I franchise, plus Jack Reacher, and he’s starring with Armie Hammer in the Guy Ritchie-directed The Man From U.N.C.L.E., which the film’s backers at Warner Bros hope will launch another franchise.

http://www.deadline.com/2013/05/tom-...uarrie-direct/

comedyfreak · 05-07-2013, 08:39 AM

The last one was pretty good, so I can't wait.

MacLeaper · 05-07-2013, 05:28 PM

No big surprise here. The last two movies (though they have strayed pretty far from the actual "Mission: Impossible" TV series) were both awesome!

I'll be looking forward to seeing a 5th. movie because the movies are great as movies by themselves (though I don't know that they exactly are very true to the TV series- but oh well.)

05-06-2013, 11:13 PM	#1
JamesG Freakshow Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 01, 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 57,230	Tom Cruise Signs On for "Mission: Impossible 5" Tom Cruise Signs Deal To Star in M:I 5 by MIKE FLEMING JR Monday May 6, 2013 Ethan Hunt has accepted another mission. Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions have set Tom Cruise in a deal to star in and produce a fifth installment in the Mission: Impossible franchise. Both Paramount and Skydance have confirmed this, but they are not saying who’s writing and directing, or when they are targeting release. I’ve heard all along that the director will be Christopher McQuarrie, Cruise’s frequent collaborator who most recently wrote and directed Jack Reacher, the adaptation of the Lee Child novels that starred Cruise. The writer/director will be finalized shortly, and that person will develop the next installment with Cruise and JJ Abrams‘ Bad Robot. Abrams directed the third film in the series and he and Cruise reignited the franchise by hatching the Brad Bird-directed Mission: Impossible–Ghost Protocol, a film that added Jeremy Renner to the mix and saw Cruise sky-walking across the exterior glass 124 floors up on a skyscraper in Dubai. That film had a $145 million budget and a worldwide gross of nearly $700 million, the most a Cruise film has ever done. David Ellison’s Skydance Productions will once again co-finance the film with Paramount, a role it also serves the same role on Jack Reacher. That film is in early talks for a sequel as well on a $60 million budget film that grossed $216 million worldwide. That’s a good start for a series backed by the fan base for Child’s novel series. People seem forever to be debating whether Cruise still has it. Audiences turned out for Oblivion, a $120 million budget film that grossed over $220 million worldwide. While it’s unclear what will happen to that Top Gun sequel that Cruise and Tony Scott were working on when the director died tragically, he is positioned to continue the M:I franchise, plus Jack Reacher, and he’s starring with Armie Hammer in the Guy Ritchie-directed The Man From U.N.C.L.E., which the film’s backers at Warner Bros hope will launch another franchise. http://www.deadline.com/2013/05/tom-...uarrie-direct/ Attached Images

05-07-2013, 08:39 AM	#2
comedyfreak Cheers! Forum Fanatic Join Date: Dec 14, 2005 Location: Sunny California Posts: 11,061	The last one was pretty good, so I can't wait.
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05-07-2013, 05:28 PM	#3
MacLeaper Child of the 80s Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 20, 2001 Posts: 3,359	No big surprise here. The last two movies (though they have strayed pretty far from the actual "Mission: Impossible" TV series) were both awesome! I'll be looking forward to seeing a 5th. movie because the movies are great as movies by themselves (though I don't know that they exactly are very true to the TV series- but oh well.)
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