Pop Critics » Mission: Impossible 4 http://popcritics.com Reviewing popular culture so you don't have to Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:48:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Cruise In Talks For "Mission: Impossible 4" http://popcritics.com/2008/05/08/cruise-in-talks-for-mission-impossible-4 http://popcritics.com/2008/05/08/cruise-in-talks-for-mission-impossible-4#comments Thu, 08 May 2008 11:30:09 +0000 Jason http://www.popcritics.com/?p=3053 Tom Cruise over the last couple of years it's really no surprise that someone would revive talk about another Mission: Impossible film. Many thought the fight between Tom Cruise and Sumner Redstone over at Viacom created a gulf too large to bridge between the two and that Cruise may never make another M:I movie. Those people didn't do the math.]]>
The way things have been going for Tom Cruise over the last couple of years it’s really no surprise that someone would revive talk about another Mission: Impossible film. Many thought the fight between Tom Cruise and Sumner Redstone over at Viacom created a gulf too large to bridge between the two and that Cruise may never make another M:I movie. Those people didn’t do the math.

There are no fights in Hollywood that are too big that money can’t ease the tensions. Cruise is coming off his worst showing in two decades with Lions For Lambs and is looking for a hit. Early buzz on his WWII film, Valkyrie, hasn’t been good and the film has already been pushed back several times. It’s no wonder Cruise would look to Mission: Impossible as a money making machine. A fourth film in the series would almost certainly do well on the world market.

Cruise, of course, is no longer a part of the Paramount family after his fight with Redstone led to a parting. After Cruise’s deal with Paramount ended, he and business partner Paula Wagner struck a deal with MGM to revive the United Artists banner. On Tuesday, however, Redstone said that he has no objections to Tom Cruise starring in another M:I movie for Paramount (which is owned by Viacom).

“I consider Tom Cruise a great actor and a good friend,” Redstone said. “And if Paramount decides to move ahead with him, I will not object.” He added that the decision was “up to Brad Grey, who runs Paramount.”

Paramount apparently feels like it’s a good idea as they’ve begun talks with Cruise to star in a fourth film. There’s no word on whether or not there’s a script in play for a Mission: Impossible 4 or if there is any sort of story.

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