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Tom Cruise in Talks for Mission: Impossible 4
Posted by Neil Miller (neil@filmschoolrejects.com) on May 5, 2008
It appears that saving the human race from the Cylons by spreading the word of L. Ron Hubbard will have to wait — Tom Cruise needs to make another Mission: Impossible movie first. Reports are coming out of Access Hollywood today that Cruise is currently in talks with Paramount over a fourth installment to the long-dead Mission: Impossible series, which began back in 1996. Since then, the three films in the series have grossed over $1.4 billion dollars at the box office worldwide.
As Access Hollywood reports, this comes on the heals of reports that Cruise has also made nice with Paramount CEO Sumner Redstone, as they have been seen recently dining together.
Alright, here comes the part where you must endure my opinion on this matter — Mission: Impossible 3 was just okay. It was probably only okay because of a dude named J.J. Abrams, whereas Tom Cruise was less than stunning as an action hero in his third go-round. Honestly, the third film is where this series should end — I see no reasonable, creative value in making a fourth film. That is not to say though, that there isn’t financial justification for a fourth film — as I mentioned before, the series has grossed over $1.4 billion, with the lowest box office output being the $395 million that the third installment brought in when it kicked off the summer of 2006. And that seems to always be the case, whether we like it or not. In this day and age, if it is going to make a profit, Hollywood is going to commit it to celluloid. It is sad, but it is the reality of the situation nonetheless.
Sound Off: Does a fourth Mission: Impossible film interest you at all?
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17 Comments
May 5th, 2008 at 10:38 am
As long as it moves in the direction of #3 and not #2 then yeah, please do another.
May 5th, 2008 at 10:44 am
I still believe the first was the best,although a bit confusing at times,but still
the best of the trilogy.
I wouldn’t mind seeing a fourth one though.
May 5th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
All three of them have been awful. I hope they make a 4th, it bombs, and people stop giving a crap about Tom Cruise.
May 5th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
Personal life aside … Cruise is a good, intense actor and I would like to see him in MI4.
@ Wild Bluff - I agree with the theme of 3 and had no idea what they were doing with 2
May 5th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
I’ll be honest - I love Mission Impossible 3. Best of the series, I thought. Love it love it love it. And I will defend Tom Cruise until the day he personally hypnotizes me and plants a demon seed in my belly. He went a little nuts for awhile, but he’s still great on screen. I like him. Put me down for a ticket.
May 5th, 2008 at 4:48 pm
I’m with Robert on this one… the MI series has actually gotten progressively better with each installment and regardless of Cruise’s wonky life offscreen, he’s been pretty damn solid onscreen. He’s an easy whipping boy because of his nutty religion, but all religions are nutty… he just talks too much about his. As long as Cruise keeps making entertaining movies though I’m perfectly okay with Fure being his seed receptacle.
May 5th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
After what he did with Scientology, I’ve lost respect for him as an actor. Hell. I stopped watching all of his movies.
May 6th, 2008 at 9:31 am
I loved them all. Put me down for a couple tickets!
May 7th, 2008 at 1:21 am
What did you guys think about MI: 2? I thought it kinda sucked. The best was obviously the first so it goes 1, 3, 2 for me.
May 7th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
I agree with everything, except the “just okay” part. I thought M:13 was the best in the series, because it was the closest to the ideals of the TV series, which is about teamwork–it wasn’t all about Ethan, anymore. Now, with that said, the series ended on a good note. Cruise and Paramount should move on.
May 7th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE III was the best. The first one was beautiful and was rich with style, but the story was a mess. The second was just a mess. The third actually managed to tell a cohesive story.
May 7th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
Not to much old for action heroe????
May 8th, 2008 at 1:43 am
Let it go, Tom… find your way back to your alien home and stop torturing this sorry franchise.
May 8th, 2008 at 10:24 pm
I really hope Tom Cruise returns as in my own opinion his best character. I love the ‘Ethan Hunt’ character. I was just wondering the other day if there would be a MI4. And you people who don’t want one I don’t know why. If it gets made and your mad: don’t see the movie it’s that simple for all you kids living in your parents basements. This movie will revive his career as an action hero.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:21 am
I actually thought Cruise was great in MI3, he totally threw himself into it physically which is what made the action exciting. But I thought the movie as a whole and the work of JJ Abrams was average. With a strong script and the right director a fourth movie could be interesting.
May 9th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
i have to go with what Brandon has said on this one. The last movie did end on a good
note, but Mr. Cruz has to move on with other matters. It would be to much done on the
trilogy of these movies, but all and all if it does come down to making a forth movie i
wouldnt mind seeing it. Only if the characters are the same actors as the last movies.
May 11th, 2008 at 4:27 am
Noooo. Please say it isn’t so.