Tom Cruise digs a 4th ‘Mission: Impossible’

The new (at least, updated) Tom Cruise rumor is that he’s already started working on ‘Mission Impossible IV’ which is currently in the story development phase.

A reader of Ain’t It Cool News sent in some information about Tom Cruise’s appearance on a popular Japanese television where he was asked about the Mission Impossible franchise. Cruise’s response was that he has started work on the fourth installment and they are planning the story for it.

He also mentioned that he was thinking about planning a big action sequence in Tokyo for the next film – What a coincidence because he was in Japan when he said it! I wonder if he made that up on the spot. — ScreenRant

I thought the franchise was alright. The first one was good, but the second and third were just OK in my opinion. The only thing I really liked in the third was in casting Philip Seymour Hoffman as the evil mastermind.

This makes me curious about who the big bad guy would be (casting wise). Then again, a part of me says three movies is where the line should be drawn. Anything beyond a trilogy (with a few exceptions) is usually just overkill.

[source: ScreenRant]