Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol - Part 1

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Tom Cruise To Star In Spy Thriller From 24 Writers Surnow and Loceff??
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Tom Cruise continues to recruit from television.

Fresh from hiring “Battlestar Galactica” mastermind Ronald D. Moore to script an unspecified sci-fi movie trilogy, Cruise’s UA has now tapped longtime “24” writer-producers Joel Surnow and Michael Loceff to bang out a contemporary spy thriller for the big screen.

Recall that Cruise also plucked J.J. Abrams from a successful TV career to make his feature directorial debut on "Mission: Impossible III."

Martin Campbell (“Casino Royale”), just set to direct a new Mel Gibson starring vehicle “Edge of Darkness” (the actor's first in six years), will helm also the UA feature, but it’s unknown if Cruise will star in the spy tale.

Neither Surnow nor Loceff have yet seen any of their work in cinemas. Surnow recently developed the fake-newscast comedy series "The Half-Hour News Hour" for the Fox News Channel.

Variety article.
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117984835.html?categoryid=13&cs=1

United Artists spies Surnow thriller
Martin Campbell to direct film
By MICHAEL FLEMING

United Artists and Lakeshore Entertainment have set "24" co-creator-exec producer Joel Surnow to develop a contemporary spy thriller that will be directed by "Casino Royale" helmer Martin Campbell.
Surnow will write the film with Michael Loceff, a "24" co-exec producer.

UA, which is run by Paula Wagner and partially owned by Tom Cruise, has made it a priority to find a commercially viable franchise for Cruise, though the studio wouldn't confirm whether the Surnow/Campbell project was specifically designed for the "Mission: Impossible" star.

Lakeshore's Gary Lucchesi and Tom Rosenberg will produce.

Surnow also developed and exec produced "La Femme Nikita," which ran from 1997-2001, and served as producer or wrote episodes for "The Equalizer," "Miami Vice," "Nowhere Man" and "Wiseguy."
"This is an original concept that both UA and I feel will have an impact creatively and commercially," Surnow said.

After directing "The Mask of Zorro" and "The Legend of Zorro," Campbell showed his spy thriller acumen by directing "GoldenEye," and then "Casino Royale," the film that transitioned the James Bond franchise to Daniel Craig.

Campbell will next direct "Edge of Darkness," a drama starring Mel Gibson (Daily Variety, April 29). That film, based on a BBC miniseries that Campbell directed in 1985, is being financed and produced by Graham King's GK Films.

The new project gives UA two plum commercial projects, the other being "Champions," an adaptation of the '60s British TV adventure series that had Guillermo del Toro attached. The helmer will likely have to be replaced, after committing to four years in New Zealand making two films based on J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit." UA parent MGM shares "The Hobbit" with New Line Cinema and Warner Bros.

Slashfilms...
http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/04/30/mission-impossible-4/

Mission: Impossible 4?
Posted on Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 at 2:18 am by: Peter Sciretta


Coming off the box office blunder Lions for Lambs, and looking towards a potential disaster with Valkyrie, Tom Cruise needs another big hit, and he needs it soon. Everyone in Hollywood pretty much assumes that Cruise will push another Mission: Impossible film into production before the release of Bryan Singer’s historical thriller early next year.


Now an insider pretty much confirms our suspicions, telling Life & Style Magazine, “Tom will make M:I 4 once Paramount greenlights the script. There will most definitely be another Mission: Impossible!”
When in the middle of a big career backlash, why choose edgy challenging (read: risky) films when you have a popular action franchise in your back pocket. Plus, foreign markets still love both Cruise and American action movies.

Two different ventures? Coincidence?
I guess we'll see.

 

[Dr Lee]

Why is that image Forbidden Hunter?

 

[Hunter Rider]

Why is that image Forbidden Hunter?

I honestly don't know, it was justa pic of Cruise pointing a gun at Renner's character from Empire.

 

[protocida]

Empire? The caption is in Portuguese.

 

[protocida]

Empire? The caption is in Portuguese.

 

[Sgt.Pepper]

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol is on the cover of the new Empire issue.

Source

In related news, a second trailer of the movie was classified last week, so it should arrive shortly.
http://www.albertafilmratings.ca/recentclasstrailers.aspx

 

[Hunter Rider]

Cool cover, the trailer is supposedly due on Wednesday on ET.

 

[Superhero 101]

This movie looks really good I have loved all of the MI movies really looking forward for this one.

 

[TwilightPro101]

Looking forward to seeing the full trailer.

 

[ThePowerCosmic]

Some people just really aren't excited for this movie, and I don't know why at all. The third was great, and now Brad Bird's directing this one so it has the potential to be even better. Since the Dark Knight Rises is having a 6-minute prologue before MI:4, that should get more butts in those seats. Can't wait to see that second trailer.

 

[Hunter Rider]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=83516

 

[ThePowerCosmic]

Loving it.

 

[PowersOfMind]

I'm honestly kinda over Tom Cruise, though I've always enjoyed him in the MI movies as well a few select films that he's done. Though it look like Renner is the one the watch in this flick.

 

[AnorexicBatman]

I hope Officer Nicholas... I mean Simon Pegg gets some action scenes
The only actor who can make you laugh while doing a fight scene ... except Jackie Chan

 

[antsman41]

So, where can we get a list of [real] 70mm Imax theaters...?

 

[Duke]

I've already seen a trailer for this movie & it looks great!! I can't wait to go watch it.

 

[Symbiotic]

I like how Pegg possesses a badass-ness on the EW cover and the poster.

 

[John McGuirk]

I can't wait for this movie. I also can't wait to go to my IMAX to see the TDKR prologue.

 

[flickchick85]

So, where can we get a list of [real] 70mm Imax theaters...?

Well, if you just plug in a zip code here:

http://www.bigmoviezone.com/main.html

Under the Theater Stats section, the Screen Format should read "1570" for a "real" IMAX. If it says "digital," it's not a real 70mm IMAX theater.

Or you can look at this map, which hasn't been updated in 2 years, but still seems pretty accurate to me:

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=U...d=113621990356540393221.000469b6c5915161c3667

 

[ThePowerCosmic]

^ That helped a lot. Luckily I have an Edward's IMAX Cinema that's the real deal, not that digital stuff.

 

[antsman41]

Well, if you just plug in a zip code here:

http://www.bigmoviezone.com/main.html

Under the Theater Stats section, the Screen Format should read "1570" for a "real" IMAX. If it says "digital," it's not a real 70mm IMAX theater.

Or you can look at this map, which hasn't been updated in 2 years, but still seems pretty accurate to me:

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=U...d=113621990356540393221.000469b6c5915161c3667

danke.

 

[dustbros]

Behind the scene featurette on Dubai's Burj Khalifa.

http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1810179899/video/27069638

And a brief glimpse of the full trailer at the end.

Man, this will be EPIC as ****.

 

[Hunter Rider]

That sequence is gonna be incredible.

 

[sshuttari]

I thought the trailer was suppose to come out today??