When it was first announced, it sounded like Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol would be Tom Cruise’s last outing as Ethan Hunt, with the film handing over to a new team. However after it raked in just under $700 million worldwide and became Cruise’s action biggest hit ever, he’s been keen to do another one.
Now it seems Paramount is looking for a director, with Deadline reporting that writer-director Christopher McQuarrie is currently the top choice. Cruise and McQuarrie have a relationship that started with the 2008 historical drama Valkyrie, which Christopher McQuarrie wrote. Since then Tom has shot the upcoming Jack Reacher, which McQuarrie wrote and directed. The filmmaker has also provided uncredited rewrites for Tom Cruise movie such such as All You Need Is Kill and Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol, so he really does seem a bit of a fave for the star.
Tom Cruise is producing the sequel alongside J.J. Abrams, but nothing will be fully official until Paramount and Skydance bring writers on board to craft the screenplay. There’s no timeframe known on when we might be able to expect the movie.
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