J.J. Abrams is Talking ‘Mission Impossible 4′

Posted by Neil Miller (neil@filmschoolrejects.com) on June 10, 2009

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In 2006, J.J. Abrams directed Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible 3, one of the better films of the MI franchise in my opinion. This is, of course, considering the fact that MI:2 was pretty abysmal. (Side note: neither of the most recent two are anywhere as good as the first, though).

In 2009, Abrams brought the thunder with his reboot of the Star Trek franchise. This has nothing to do with this news about Mission Impossible 4, but I like to provide public reminders about how much Star Trek rocked.

Anyway, in talking with TV Guide (via SpoilerTV) for their upcoming issue, Abrams also dropped word that he and Tom Cruise have already been talking about a direction for the long-rumored fourth adventure of Ethan Hunt. Abrams confirmed that Cruise has asked him to come back and produce the flick, but did not say anything about directing.

Personally, I would prefer to see Abrams keep his director’s chair on the set of the Trek franchise and let another aspiring action director take on MI. Then again, both projects are in such infancy that anything could happen. I’m just spitballing here.

What do you think? Should Abrams direct a Mission Impossible or Star Trek sequel?


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  • wendy
    Star Trek. Far more satisfying than Mission Impossible: 3. I'd love to see that continue.
  • Bob Saget
    Abrams should produce but pick an up and coming director to do MI:4 and then have the studio say they want him to do it .. wait a second I think I've heard this being done already.
  • Up and coming director...like McG!

    He'd be perfect.

    At making it a bad movie.

    Hey-o!
  • Based on evidence from the first three, the mission probably isn't actually impossible.

    Yup that's how we report the news, more where that came from for today's culture news:
    http://www.popsense.com/2009/06/miss-california-f...
  • Abrams should do neither and instead move on to something new.

    Also, the first MI sucked donkey scrotum. Terrible twists, laughable masks, ludicrous helicopter tunnel scene.
  • Ooh, tough call. Abram's M:I was awesome (not as good as the first but ten times better than that second piece of shit), but I recall Tom Cruise saying they wanted a different director for each one and I liked the idea. There's something about having the direction of each movie being dramatically different that I just think is awesome. Bryan Singer would be my dream director on this one... Imagine a combination of the first M:I, The Usual Suspects, and Valkerie. I think I just came.
  • Sam
    Star Trek!

    ..or Both!
  • Adrasteia
    Definitely Star Trek!
  • jedimind_rick
    JJ should just produce this time and give one of his talented Bad Robot minions a chance to direct. I definitely think there's still some good MI - Ethan Hunt stories to be told.
  • I didn't enjoy Star Trek as much as I enjoyed his M:I 3. Star Trek was too slick and sterile, and I feel the M:I universe is more suitable for JJ Abrams' directing style.
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