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Academy Award-winning director Brad Bird (Ratatouille) makes his live-action feature directorial debut with the fourth installment of the massively successful Mission Impossible series. The Kremlin has been bombed, and the blame has fallen on the IMF. As a result, the president initiates Ghost Protocol, and accuses Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his team of placing the bomb in an attempt to incite a global nuclear war. Now, in order to clear the IMF of terrorism charges, Ethan assembles a new team to uncover the truth by using every high-tech trick in the book. But this time they're on their own, and should they be caught, the entire world could be plunged into a nightmare from which there is no waking up. Jeremy Renner, Paula Patton, and Simon Pegg co-star. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Review

Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol could very well be the series' best installment. While the 1996 De Palma reboot, with its master-class intrigue and superb action set pieces, still holds up well -- as does J.J. Abrams' third entry with its character-driven story (we'll leave M:I--2 in the gutter where it deserves to stay) -- there's no denying the top-notch quality of this slam-bang fourth film. Director Brad Bird (Ratatouille, The Incredibles) makes an effortless transition to the live-action arena, where his focus on character still holds strong, but he's not afraid to pummel his lead actor to a pulp in thrilling ways. In theaters, the presentation is helped by bravura IMAX scenes that could be Hollywood's best use of the large format to date.

While each entry so far has stood on its own plot-wise, film number four continues the tale of a married Ethan Hunt (played once again by Tom Cruise), who, as the movie opens, is busted out of a Russian jail where he was imprisoned for taking revenge for the apparent death of his wife (Michelle Monaghan). Once out, Hunt and fellow team members Benji (Simon Pegg), Jane (Paula Patton), and information analyst Brandt (Jeremy Renner) head off on their newest mission: preventing a Russian terrorist (Michael Nyqvist) from unleashing a nuclear war against the United States.

Set in three locales that give the globe-trotting flick a glossy James Bond feel, Ghost Protocol is a classy production, the scale of which is matched only by its edge-of-your-seat sequences. Cruise jumps fully into the action, giving 110 percent and proving that even at his age there are few other actors who would attempt to do what he does (including hanging from the tallest building in the world). Thanks to a well-written script, his teammates are also given ample screen time and are allowed their own hero moments time and again. Yet it's the invisible Bird at the helm who really deserves credit here. Working with veteran De Palma editor Paul Hirsch (who also worked on the first film), the duo weave together action beats that consistently take the viewers' breath away. And the film is fun. This isn't a charmless Jason Bourne spy film -- this is a grip-the-sides-of-your-chair-and-walk-away-grinning-from-ear-to-ear type of ride. In other words, choose to accept this mission by all means. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi

Cast

Vladimir Mashkov - Sidorov; Samuli Edelmann - Wistrom; Ivan Shvedoff - Leonid Lisenker; Anil Kapoor - Brij Nath; Léa Seydoux - Sabine Moreau; Josh Holloway - Trevor Hanaway; Pavel Kriz - Marek Stefanski; Goran Miraj Grbic - Bogdan; Ilia Volok - The Fog; Goran Navojec - Burly Russian Prisoner; Pavel Bezdek - Prison Guard; Ladislav Beran - Control Room Guard; Jan Filipensky - Control Room Guard; Jiri Kraus - Control Room Guard; Ales Putik - Control Room Guard; Tomas Valik - Control Room Guard; Pavel Cajzl - Prisoner; Randy Hall - Prisoner; Vitaliy Kravchenko - Scraggy Tooth; Andrey Bestchastney - Kremlin Senate Building Desk Guard; Michael Dopud - Kremlin Subcellar Hallway Guard; Martin Hub - Kremlin Gate Security Guard; Ivo Novak - Russian Agent; Anastasiya Novikova - Russian Hospital Nurse; Marek Dobes - Russian News Anchor; Claudia Vasekova - Russian News Anchor; Brian Caspe - British News Anchor; Petra Lustigova - Anna Lisenker; Daniel Clarke - Alex Lisenker; April Stewart - Swedish Translator; Gina Hirsch - IMF Operator; Ghalib Al Saady - Dock Worker; Andreas Wisniewski - The Fog's Contact; Mustafa Alyassri - Doctor Setting Sidorov's Nose; Michael Rys - Russian Sub Captain; Dmitry Chepovetsky - Russian Sub Ensign; Dawn Chubai - San Francisco News Anchor; Nicola Anderson - Julia's Friend; Keith Blackman Dallas - Julia's Friend; Tammy Hui - Julia's Friend; David Stuart - Julia's Friend; Sabrina Morris - Julia's Friend

Credit

Grant Van Der Slagt - Art Director, Michael Diner - Art Director, Helen Jarvis - Supervising Art Director, Ben Rosenblatt - Associate Producer, April Webster - Casting, Alyssa Weisberg - Casting, Coreen Mayrs - Casting, Heike Brandstatter - Casting, Nancy Bishop - Casting, Tim Simonec - Conductor, Tom C. Peitzman - Co-producer, Josh Appelbaum - Co-producer, André Nemec - Co-producer, Tommy Harper - Co-producer, Michael Kaplan - Costume Designer, Geoffrey Hansen - First Assistant Director, Thomas Gormley - First Assistant Director, Brad Bird - Director, Dan Bradley - Second Unit Director, Paul Hirsch - Editor, Jeffrey Chernov - Executive Producer, Dana Goldberg - Executive Producer, Paul Schwake - Executive Producer, David Ellison - Executive Producer, Carmen Butts - Hair Styles, Ann Goobie - Location Manager, Lalo Schifrin - Composer (Music Score), Michael Giacchino - Composer (Music Score), Tim Simonec - Musical Arrangement, AFX Studio - Makeup Special Effects, David Anderson - Makeup Special Effects, Heather Anderson - Makeup Special Effects, Jim Bissell - Production Designer, Robert Elswit - Cinematographer, Stewart Bethune - Production Manager, Tom Cruise - Producer, J.J. Abrams - Producer, Bryan Burk - Producer, Michael McGee - Sound Mixer, Gary Rydstrom - Sound/Sound Designer, Gregg Smrz - Stunts Coordinator, Owen Walstrom - Stunts Coordinator, Michael Meinardus - Special Effects Supervisor, Tommy Harper - Unit Production Manager, Josh Appelbaum - Screenwriter, André Nemec - Screenwriter, Mitchell Amundsen - Second Unit Director Of Photography, John Knoll - Visual Effects Supervisor, Ken Fischer - Sound Effects Editor, Teresa Eckton - Sound Effects Editor, Will E. Files - Sound Effects Editor, Dustin Cawood - Sound Effects Editor, Jennifer Horvath - Additional Editing, Michele Burke - Makeup Supervisor, Karen Jarnecke - Production Coordinator, Eva Morgan - Production Coordinator, Kris Peck - Properties Master, Dean Eillertson - Properties Master, Gary Rydstrom - Re-Recording Mixer, Andy Nelson - Re-Recording Mixer, Kimi Webber - Script Supervisor, Jeffrey Lynch - Second Assistant Director, Richard Hymns - Supervising Sound Editor, Amy Beresford - Visual Effects Producer, Nancy Thompson - Costume/Wardrobe, Dawn Leigh Climie - Costume/Wardrobe, James Tyson - Costumes Supervisor, Industrial Light & Magic - Visual Effects, Rosemary Brandenberg - Set Decorator, Elizabeth Wilcox - Set Decorator, George McCarthy - Visual Effects Editor, Anne Carroll - Department Head Hair, Monica Huppert - Department Head Makeup

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Mission: Impossible
Ghost Protocol

Theatrical poster
Directed by Brad Bird[1]
Produced by Tom Cruise[1]
J. J. Abrams[1]
Bryan Burk[1]
Written by André Nemec[1]
Josh Appelbaum[1]
Based on Mission: Impossible by
Bruce Geller
Starring Tom Cruise
Jeremy Renner
Simon Pegg
Paula Patton
Music by Michael Giacchino
Lalo Schifrin (themes)
Cinematography Robert Elswit[1]
Editing by Paul Hirsch
Studio Skydance Productions
Bad Robot Productions
TC Productions
FilmWorks
Stillking Productions
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)
  • December 7, 2011 (2011-12-07) (Dubai)

  • December 14, 2011 (2011-12-14) (France)
[2] (IMAX)
  • December 16, 2011 (2011-12-16) (United States)
(IMAX)
Running time 135 minutes[3]
Country United States
Language English
Russian
Budget $145 million[4]
Box office $693,054,071[4]

Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol is a 2011 American action spy film. It is the fourth installment in the Mission: Impossible series. It stars Tom Cruise, who reprises his role of IMF Agent Ethan Hunt, and is director Brad Bird's first live-action film.[5] Ghost Protocol was written by André Nemec and Josh Appelbaum, and produced by Cruise, J. J. Abrams (director of the third film) and Bryan Burk. It is the first Mission: Impossible movie to be partially filmed using IMAX cameras. The film was released in North America by Paramount Pictures on December 16, 2011.

Upon release, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol became a critical and commercial success. The film currently scores a 93% "Certified Fresh" approval rating on review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes, making it the best-reviewed entry of the series.[6] It also grossed over $693 million worldwide,[4] becoming the highest-grossing Mission: Impossible film,[7] the 5th highest-grossing film of 2011[8] and the highest-grossing film starring Tom Cruise.[9]

Contents

Plot

In Budapest to intercept a courier holding Russian nuclear launch codes, IMF agent Trevor Hanaway is killed by assassin Sabine Moreau, who is working for a person code-named "Cobalt". The other members of Hanaway's team — Jane Carter, and newly promoted field agent Benji Dunn — extract Ethan Hunt and Ethan's source Bogdan from a Moscow prison. Ethan is assigned to lead Jane and Benji in infiltrating secret Moscow Kremlin archives to locate files identifying Cobalt, who is known to be a Russian consultant with a goal of detonating a nuclear bomb. During the mission, someone broadcasts across the IMF frequency, alerting the Russians to Ethan's team. Although Benji and Jane escape, a bomb destroys the Kremlin, and Russian agent Sidorov arrests Ethan, suspecting him as responsible for the attack.

The IMF extracts Ethan from Moscow, the Russians have called the attack an undeclared act of war, and the U.S. president activates "Ghost Protocol", a black operation contingency that disavows the IMF. Ethan and his team are to take the blame for the attack, but will be allowed to escape from government custody in order to track down Cobalt. Before Ethan can escape, the IMF's secretary is killed by Russian security forces led by Sidorov, leaving Ethan and intelligence analyst William Brandt to find their own way out. The team identifies Cobalt as Kurt Hendricks, a Swedish-born Russian nuclear strategist who believes the weak must die for the strong to survive, so he plans to start a nuclear war to initiate the next stage of human evolution. Hendricks bombed the Kremlin in order to acquire a Russian nuclear launch-control device; however, he now needs the activation codes from Moreau in order to launch a nuclear missile at the United States.

The exchange between Moreau and Hendricks's right-hand man, Wistrom, is due to take place at the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. There, Ethan's team members separately convince Moreau and Wistrom that they have made the exchange with one another. However, Moreau identifies Brandt as an agent. While Ethan chases Wistrom – only to realize that Wistrom is actually Hendricks in disguise, escaping with the codes – Jane detains Moreau. Moreau attempts to kill the inexperienced Benji, and Jane kicks her out a window to her death. Brandt accuses Jane of compromising the mission for revenge against Moreau, but Ethan accuses Brandt of keeping secrets from them, as he has displayed fighting skills atypical of an analyst. While Ethan is away seeking more information from Bogdan, Brandt admits to Jane that he was assigned as security detail to Ethan and his wife, Julia, in Croatia. Brandt says that while he was on patrol, Julia was killed by a Serbian hit squad, prompting Ethan to pursue and kill them before he was caught by the Russians and sent to prison.

Bogdan and his arms-dealer cousin inform Ethan that Hendricks will be in Mumbai. Hendricks facilitated the sale of a defunct Soviet military satellite to Indian telecommunications entrepreneur Brij Nath. The satellite could be used to transmit the order to fire a missile. The team heads to India to prevent Hendricks from using the satellite, which can be controlled from computers at Nath's home. While Brandt and Benji infiltrate the server room to deactivate the satellite, Jane gets Nath to reveal the satellite override code. But Hendricks has anticipated Ethan's plan and uses a virus to turn off Nath's servers before sending a signal from a television broadcasting tower to a Russian nuclear submarine in the Pacific to fire at San Francisco. Ethan pursues Hendricks and the launch device while the other team-members attempt to bring the broadcast station back online. Ethan and Hendricks fight over the launch-control device before Hendricks jumps with it to ensure the launch. Benji kills Wistrom, allowing Jane and Brandt to restore power to the station and enabling Ethan to deactivate the missile, while the fatally wounded Hendricks witnesses the failure of his plan just before he dies. Ethan is then confronted by Sidorov, who sees Ethan has stopped the missile, proving the IMF is innocent in the Kremlin bombing.

The team reconvenes weeks later in Seattle. Ethan introduces the team to longtime colleague Luther Stickell and then issues new assignments. Benji and Jane accept, but Brandt refuses. Ethan reveals that Julia's death was staged, as he knew he could not protect her, and used her death as a pretext to infiltrate the prison, where he believed he would find men associated with Cobalt. Relieved of guilt, Brandt accepts his mission while Ethan watches Julia from afar. She spots him, and they share a smile before he embarks on his next mission.

Cast

  • Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt, the IMF team's leader
  • Simon Pegg as Benji Dunn, an IMF technical field agent and part of Hunt's team
  • Jeremy Renner as William Brandt, IMF Secretary's chief analyst and former IMF field agent
  • Paula Patton as Jane Carter, a member of Hunt's team. It is unclear whether Jane is at all related to Cinnamon Carter, the original female member of the team in the classic television series, played by Barbara Bain.
  • Michael Nyqvist as Kurt Hendricks, a Swedish nuclear strategist and the main antagonist of the film.
  • Vladimir Mashkov as Anatoly Sidorov, a Russian intelligence operative following Hunt and his team.
  • Samuli Edelmann[10] as Marius Wistrom, Hendricks' right-hand man
  • Ivan Shvedoff as Leonid Lisenker, a nuclear-code expert who is forced to work with Hendricks
  • Anil Kapoor as Brij Nath, a rich Indian businessman
  • Léa Seydoux as Sabine Moreau, a French assassin for hire
  • Josh Holloway as Trevor Hanaway, an IMF agent
  • Pavel Kriz as Marek Stefanski
  • Miraj Grbić as Bogdan, a Russian prisoner freed by Hunt
  • Ilia Volok as the Fog, an arms dealer and Bogdan's cousin
  • Tom Wilkinson as the IMF Secretary
  • Ving Rhames in a cameo appearance as Luther Stickell, Hunt's colleague
  • Michelle Monaghan[11] in a cameo appearance as Julia Meade, Hunt's wife
  • Mike Dopud as Kremlin subcellar hallway guard
  • Ivo Novák as Russian agent
  • Brian Caspe as British News anchor
  • April Stewart as Swedish translator
  • Nicola Anderson as Julia's friend

Production

"When we were first looking at the image of Tom climbing the Burj, in the long shots we could not only see the traffic in the reflections when he presses down on the glass... But you actually saw the glass warp slightly because of the pressure of his hand. You would never see that in 35mm. The fact that the screen fills your vision and is super sharp seems more life-like."
 — Brad Bird describing the advantages of filming in the IMAX format.[12]

The film was originally announced with a working name of Mission: Impossible 4, and codenamed "Aries" during early production.[13] By August 2010, title considerations did not include the Mission: Impossible 4 name, and thought was given to omitting the specific term "Mission: Impossible", which Variety compared to Christopher Nolan's Batman sequel film, titled simply The Dark Knight.[14]

The film was partially shot with IMAX cameras, which made up approximately 30 minutes of the film's runtime.[15][16] Bird insisted that certain scenes of the film be shot in IMAX, as opposed to 3D, as he felt that the IMAX format offered the viewer more immersion due to its brighter, higher quality image, which is projected on a larger screen, without the need for specialised glasses.[17] Bird also believed that IMAX format would bring back "a level of showmanship" to the presentation of Hollywood films, which he believes the industry has lost due to its emphasis on screening films in multiplexes as opposed to grand theaters, and vetoing "first runs" in favor of wider initial releases.[17]

Principal photography took place from October 2010 to March 2011.[1] Filming took place in Dubai, Prague, Moscow, Mumbai, Bangalore and Vancouver.[18][19][20] Tom Cruise performed a sequence where Ethan Hunt scales the outside of the Burj Khalifa tower, which is the tallest building in the world, without the use of a stunt double.[21] Although Cruise appears to be free solo climbing in the film with the help of special gloves, in reality he was securely attached to the Burj Khalifa at all times by multiple cables.[1] The cables were then digitally erased in post-production by Industrial Light & Magic. Following Cruise's example, Patton and Seydoux also chose to forgo the use of stunt doubles for their fight scene at the Burj Khalifa where Carter exacts her revenge upon Moreau for Hanaway's death.[1]

Many of the film's interior scenes were shot at the Canadian Motion Picture Park in Vancouver, including a key transition scene in a specially equipped IMF train car and the battle between Hunt and Hendricks in a Mumbai automated multi-level parking garage (which was constructed over a six-month period just for the film).[1] The film's climax scene was shot in the Sun TV office, Bengaluru, India.[22] However, the film's opening Moscow prison escape scenes were shot on location in a real former prison near Prague.[1] The film also features a BMW i8 concept car.[23][24][25]

Marketing

Tom Cruise along with Anil Kapoor at the Taj Mahal for the film promotion.

In July 2011, a teaser trailer for Ghost Protocol was released illustrating new shots from the movie, one of which being Tom Cruise scaling the world's tallest building in Dubai, the Burj Khalifa building.[26] Moreover; prior to its release, the studio presented IMAX footage of the film to invitation-only crowd of opinion makers and journalists at the BFI IMAX theater in central London. One of the many scenes that were included was a chase scene in a Dubai desert sandstorm.[27]

During November 2011, Paramount released a Facebook game of the film in order to promote it. The new game allowed players to choose the roles of IMF agents and assemble teams to embark on a multiplayer journey. Players were also able to garner tickets to the U.S. premiere of the film and a hometown screening of the movie for 30 friends.[28]

Soundtrack

Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol: Music from the Motion Picture
Soundtrack album by Michael Giacchino
Released January 10, 2012 (2012-01-10)
Genre Film score
Label Varèse Sarabande
Producer Michael Giacchino

The score for the film was composed by Michael Giacchino, his second for the franchise and his third collaboration with Bird following The Incredibles and Ratatouille. The soundtrack was released by Varèse Sarabande on January 10, 2012.[29]

Track listing

  1. Give Her My Budapest (1:57)
  2. Light The Fuse (2:01)*
  3. Knife To A Gun Fight (3:42)
  4. In Russia, Phone Dials You (1:40)*+
  5. Kremlin With Anticipation (4:12)*+
  6. From Russia With Shove (3:37)*
  7. Ghost Protocol (4:58)*
  8. Railcar Rundown (1:11)*
  9. Hendricks' Manifesto (3:17)*
  10. A Man, A Plan, A Code, Dubai (2:44)*
  11. Love The Glove (3:44)*
  12. The Express Elevator (2:31)*
  13. Mission Impersonatable (3:55)
  14. Moreau Trouble Than She's Worth (6:44)
  15. Out For A Run (3:54)
  16. Eye Of The Wistrom (1:05)
  17. Mood India (4:28)*
  18. Mumbai's The Word (7:14)
  19. Launch Is On Hendricks (2:22)
  20. World's Worst Parking Valet (5:03)*
  21. Putting The Miss In Mission (5:19)*
  22. Mission: Impossible Theme (Out With A Bang Version) (:53)*
  • (*) Contains Mission: Impossible Theme by Lalo Schifrin
  • (+) Contains "The Plot" by Lalo Schifrin

Release

Following the world premiere in Dubai on December 7, 2011,[30] the film was released in IMAX and other large-format theaters in the U.S. on December 16, 2011,[31] with general release on December 21, 2011.

Critical reception

The film has received positive reviews, scoring a 94% "Certified Fresh" approval rating on review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes, based on 201 reviews, with an average rating of 7.7/10, making it the best-reviewed entry of the series. The site's critical consensus is, "Stylish, fast-paced, and loaded with gripping set pieces, the fourth Mission: Impossible is big-budget popcorn entertainment that really works."[6] Metacritic gives the film a score of 73 based on 38 reviews.[32]

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the 3.5/4, saying the film "is a terrific thriller with action sequences that function as a kind of action poetry".[33]

Philippa Hawker of The Sydney Morning Herald gave the film three stars out of five, and said it is "ludicrously improbable, but also quite fun."[11]

As Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly analyzed, the movie "brims with scenes that are exciting and amazing at the same time; they're brought off with such casual aplomb that they're funny, too. ... Ghost Protocol is fast and explosive, but it's also a supremely clever sleight-of-hand thriller. Brad Bird, the animation wizard, ... showing an animator's miraculously precise use of visual space, has a playful, screw-tightening ingenuity all his own."[34]

Box office

Ghost Protocol grossed $209,397,903 in North America and $483,656,168 in other countries, for a worldwide total of $693,054,071.[35] It is the highest-grossing film worldwide in the Mission: Impossible series,[7] and the 5th highest-grossing film of 2011.[8] It is also the highest-grossing movie worldwide starring Tom Cruise, eclipsing War of the Worlds from the top spot.[9]

In limited release at 425 locations in North America, it earned $12.8 million over its opening weekend.[36] After five days of limited release, on its sixth day it expanded to 3,448 theaters and reached first place at the box office with $8.92 million.[37] The film reached the No. 1 spot at the box office in its second and third weekends with $29.6 million and $29.4 million respectively.[38][39] Though only 9% of the film's screenings were in IMAX theaters, they accounted for 23% of the film's box office.[40]

Outside North America, it debuted to a $69.5 million in 42 markets representing approximately 70% of the marketplace. In the United Arab Emirates, it set an opening-weekend record of $2.4 million (since surpassed by Marvel's The Avengers).[41] In two countries outside the U.S. in which filming took place, its opening weekend gross increased by multiples over the previous instalment: in Russia, more than doubling, to $6.08 million[42] and in India, more than quadrupling, to $4.0 million.[43] It is the highest-grossing Mission: Impossible film outside North America.[44] It topped the box office outside North America for three consecutive weekends (during December 2011)[45] and five weekends in total (the other two in 2012).[9] Its highest-grossing markets after North America are China ($102.5 million),[46] Japan ($69.7 million) and South Korea ($51.1 million).[47]

Accolades

Award Category Recipients and nominees Result
Alliance of Women Film Journalists[48][49] Kick Ass Award for Best Female Action Star Paula Patton Nominated
Golden Reel Awards[50] Best Sound Editing: Sound Effects and Foley in a Feature Film Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol Nominated
Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Buttkicker Tom Cruise Nominated
Saturn Awards[51] Best Action or Adventure Film Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol Pending
Best Director Brad Bird Pending
Best Actor Tom Cruise Pending
Best Supporting Actress Paula Patton Pending
Best Music Michael Giacchino Pending
Best Editing Paul Hirsch Pending
Visual Effects Society Awards Outstanding Models in a Feature Motion Picture John Goodson, Paul Francis Russell and Victor Schutz Pending
MTV Movie Awards[52] Best Fight Tom Cruise vs. Michael Nyqvist Pending
Best Gut-Wrenching Performance Tom Cruise Pending
Teen Choice Awards[53] Choice Movie: Action Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol Pending
Choice Movie Actor: Action Tom Cruise Pending
Choice Movie Actress: Action Paula Patton Pending

Home media

Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol was released on Blu-ray, DVD and digital download on April 17, 2012.[54] The home media releases, however, do not preserve the original IMAX imagery,[55][56] and its aspect ratio is consistently cropped to 2:40:1 rather than switching to a 1:78:1 aspect ratio during the IMAX scenes. Blu-ray releases such as The Dark Knight,[57] Tron: Legacy,[58] and the exclusive Wal-Mart release of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen[59] will switch between 2:40:1 for regular scenes and 1:78:1 for IMAX scenes.

Sequel

In a recent interview it was revealed that Tom Cruise and Simon Pegg are interested in returning for a fifth Mission: Impossible film.[60] Paramount is also reportedly interested in fast-tracking a fifth film due to the success of the fourth.[61] Bird confirmed that he probably would not return to direct a fifth film in the series.[62]

See also

References

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