Tom Cruise Accepts ‘Mission: Impossible IV’

After the success of the first three “Mission: Impossible” movies, some wondered whether the series would finish within the framework of a traditional trilogy. Now, four years after Ethan Hunt’s last adventure, a call has gone out for another adventure, and Tom Cruise has chosen to accept it.

Paramount Pictures announced Tuesday (February 9) that it will be making “Mission: Impossible IV,” targeting a Memorial Day 2011 release. Although “Mission: Impossible III” director-turned-”Star Trek”-mastermind J.J. Abrams will not return to direct the next film, he will produce with Cruise through his Bad Robot Productions. See More