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.
