Second MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 4 Poster

The second poster for Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, the fourth movie in the M:I series, has been released thanks to Paramount Pictures.

Tom Cruise is returning to the role of Ethan Hunt in the Brad Bird directed thriller.

Here's the synopsis:

The IMF is shut down when it's implicated in a global terrorist bombing plot. Ghost Protocol is initiated and Ethan Hunt and his rogue new team must go undercover to clear their organization's name. No help, no contact, off the grid. You have never seen a mission grittier and more intense than this.

Additional cast include Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Paula Patton, Josh Holloway, Michael Nyqvist, Vladimir Mashkov, Lea Seydoux and Anil Kapoor.

Mission: Impossible will is scheduled to light up IMAX theaters on December 16th, 2011 and traditional theaters on December 21st, 2011.

If you haven't already, be sure to check out the trailer.