Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol also known as Mission: Impossible IV is an upcoming 2011 action film, the fourth based on the spy themed television series Mission: Impossible starring Tom Cruise who reprises his role of IMF agent Ethan Hunt. The film will be directed by Brad Bird. J. J. Abrams, who directed the third film in the series, will be writing the script for the film, alongside André Nemec and Josh Appelbaum who had all previously worked together on the 2004 television series Alias.He will also be an executive producer alongside Cruise and series producer, Paula Wagner.It will be released in the United States on December 16, 2011. The film co-stars Ving Rhames, who will reprise his role of Luther Stickell, as well as series newcomers Jeremy Renner, Josh Holloway and Mikael Nyqvist.

So we have a title, but no real plot yet, only that Cruise will be supervising a younger agent, played by the recently cast Jeremy Renner. Presumably it will involve him sprinting somewhere full tilt at some point during the film.

I'm excited for this, I really am. Yes, in part because of Brad Bird and JJ Abrams' involvement, but I'm also still a Cruise fan after all these years and his couch jumping and Xenu bullshit. People say KNIGHT AND DAY was an indicator that his star was fading, I say it was an indicator that KNIGHT AND DAY sucked balls, and nothing about that was his fault, other than picking the project in the first place. In any case, I have high hopes for MI4, I mean GHOST PROTOCOL.