Tom Cruise Signs On For Mission Impossible 4
Tom Cruise has been officially confirmed for the Mission: Impossible 4 movie. According to Deadline Hollywood, the deal is locked in. The report also confirmed previous info that J.J. Abrams, “Mission Impossible 3″ director, will not be directing this fourth installment, but he’s producing the project…
Paramount Chairman and CEO Brad Grey said that
“Tom and J.J. are great talents and we are excited to be working with them to re-launch this legendary franchise.”
Josh Applebaum and Andre Nemec are writing the script (link), based on a story idea from Cruise and Abrams.
The movie reunites Cruise and Paramount, which cut the actor loose from a long-term development deal in 2006.
Star Trek 2 Sets 2012 Release Date
According to Box Office Mojo, Paramount Pictures has set the release date for J.J. Abrams‘ Star Trek 2 for June 29th, 2012. The date is the last weekend before fourth of July.
The first Abrams-directed “Star Trek” film, grossed $385 million on $150 million budget.
Most of the characters that didn’t get killed off in the first film should be returning, but no concrete details about Abrams’ plans are know at this time. The cast speculated to return include Chris Pine, Zoe Saldana, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, John Cho, Anton Yelchin and Simon Pegg.
The movie at this time is still untitled and there’s still no word on story.
J.J. Abrams Producing Samurai Jack Movie
J.J. Abrams, and Bad Robot are co-producing the popular Cartoon Network cartoon “Samurai Jack“
Samurai Jack was a four-time Emmy award winning animated series that ran on Cartoon Network from 2001 to 2004 and followed the adventures of the lone warrior Jack in his quest to find a way to go back in time. In his journey, he faced all manner of robotic and alien enemies, which he adeptly dispatched while pursuing his mission.
According to Fred Siebert, head of Frederator Films, the deals took a long time to close, but resulted in the involvement of both J.J. Abrams, a huge Samurai Jack fan, and Samurai Jack creator Genndy Tartakovsky in this upcoming film.
Samurai Jack will be a 2D/stereoscopic 3D production, in order to maintain the look of the original show. Is being distributed through Paramount Pictures for a big screen release, with a $20 million budget.
Matt Damon Turned Down Star Trek’s George Kirk Role
J.J. Abrams confirmed to MTV that Matt Damon turned down the role of George Kirk (James T. Kirk father) in his Star Trek movie.
Abrams said:
“I did [approach Damon], but not for the role of James Kirk. I went to Damon for the role of Kirk’s father, and he declined in the most gracious and understandable and logical of reasons. We lucked out with Chris Hemsworth, and he did a great job.”
Abrams added,
“The decision was made very early on to have actors who were not necessarily the most famous but the most right for the role.”
Director Kenneth Branagh recently cast the actor as the lead in Marvel’s “Thor” movie.
Mission: Impossible IV Gets Writers
“Mission: Impossible 4” is definitely moving forward, Paramount Pictures and producers Tom Cruise and JJ. Abrams have set Josh Applebaum and Andre Nemec to write the screenplay.
Andre Nemec and Josh Appelbaum
Josh and Andre have previously worked four seasons with Abrams as the executive producers of ABC’s series “Alias” and they will script “M:I 4” based on a story Abrams wrote with them.
Abrams said:
I’ve been looking forward to working with Josh and Andre again for years. Their sense of balance between character and action is wonderful, which I know is hugely important to Tom as well. We’re off to an exciting start, so, as usual, fingers crossed.
Sources said that Tom Cruise’s character, Ethan Hunt, will certainly be involved in an onscreen capacity.
Mission: Impossible 4 Officially Confirmed for 2011!
Tom Cruise and J.J. Abrams have agreed to co-produce “Mission: Impossible 4″ the sequel, which is set for a 2011 release.
“Tom and I have come up with a really cool idea we are pursuing,” Abrams said earlier. “I am incredibly honored that Tom has invited me back as a producer.”
The only problem with the production of “Mission: Impossible 4″ is negotiating the schedules of Cruise and Abrams.
Some are surprised to see Cruise returning to the studio, considering that it was Paramount who gave him the boot back in 2006. If you remember correctly after MI:3 Cruise left Paramount Studio after it’s chief Sumner Redstone ousted him after a 14 year partnership. A lot of people believed the decision had to do with Cruise’s behavior in the media at the time, which seemed to dampen his favor with audiences. Cruise has been hanging out at United Artists ever since.
Abrams is set for a Star trek sequel, while Cruise is working on a untitled film (formerly called Wichita) for 20th Century Fox that will be directed by James Mangold and co-star Cameron Diaz.
J.J. Abrams Producing “Mission: Impossible 4″
“Mission: Impossible 3” and “Star Trek” director J.J. Abrams tells TV Guide via Spoiler TV that he’s set to produce “Mission: Impossible 4“
“I am incredibly honored that Tom [Cruise] has invited me back as a producer on ‘Mission: Impossible 4′. Tom and I have come up with a really cool idea we are pursuing” said Abrams who directed 2006’s “Mission: Impossible 3″.
Earlier this year, Cruise revealed that he would reprise his role of Ethan Hunt in the film.
Yet with a $134 million from the domestic market and $397.9 million worldwide, almost triple its $150M budget, the franchise has been highly profitable for the studio so interest in a fourth outing comes as no surprise.
This Is Not Your Father’s Star Trek TV Spot
Another new TV spot for J.J. Abrams‘ “Star Trek” is online. We’ve seen already four TV spots for the movie, but this one is special with awesome tagline in it: “This is not your father’s Star Trek.”
The movie which stars Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, John Cho, Ben Cross, Bruce Greenwood, Simon Pegg, Winona Ryder, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Anton Yelchin, Eric Bana and Leonard Nimoy will hit conventional and IMAX theaters May 8, 2009.
For more movie info, posters, trailers and photos go to “Star Trek” FF Movie Page
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Six New “Star Trek” Photos
Today, we have six new photos from the upcoming J.J. Abrams’ “Star Trek” film, featuring shots of the cast.
“Star Trek” stars John Cho, Ben Cross, Bruce Greenwood, Simon Pegg, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Winona Ryder, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Anton Yelchin, Eric Bana and Leonard Nimoy.
The film is set to be released May 8, 2009.
Check out “Star Trek” Movie Page for more info about the movie.
Three New Star Trek Clips
Two Three brand new clips for the upcoming “Star Trek” film have been released, featuring some new footage.
From director J.J. Abrams (Mission: Impossible III, Lost, Alias) and screenwriters Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman (Transformers, MI: III) comes a new vision of the greatest space adventure of all time, “Star Trek,” featuring a young, new crew venturing boldly where no man has gone before. The film is a chronicle of the early days of James T. Kirk and his fellow USS Enterprise crew members.
Paramount last week announced that the forthcoming Stark Trek film has received a PG-13 rating, for action, violence and ‘brief ‘ sexual content. While nobody expected for it to be rated R, this is only the third “Star Trek” film to not get a PG rating. The other two being “First Contact” and “Nemesis.”
The movie which stars Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, John Cho, Ben Cross, Bruce Greenwood, Simon Pegg, Winona Ryder, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Anton Yelchin, Eric Bana and Leonard Nimoy will hit conventional and IMAX theaters May 8, 2009.
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