The wait between Mission: Impossible II and III was roughly six years. It took around five years for Ghost Protocol to come after the last installment. Now, less than four years after Brad Bird‘s film does Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation come to the screen. In descending fashion, though, it looks like the wait between July 31’s new movie and Mission: Impossible VI will be even shorter, as plans to make the Tom Cruise sequel apparently are already happening.
No confirmation has come from the studio yet, and none of the stars are attached if this is true, but The Tracking Board has the exclusive on the sequel news. J.J. Abrams, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Cruise would all return to produce, as they did for the last three installments, with Don Granger and Matt Grimm attached as executive producers and Elizabeth Raposo to oversee development. Additionally, it’s expected the whole cast will return if this movie goes into development in the near future, although there’s no indication yet as to who would direct this new movie.
It appears this is Paramount continuing their efforts to establish, continue and hold on to their franchises. Currently they have a climbing the world’s tallest buildings.
The 52-year-old actor is in great shape, but he can’t keep this up forever. I’m willing to bet a sixth film would be his last, but considering how the movies have moved away from being “The Cruise Show” to having a full team like the original 1966 series, it’s possible they can just switch focus to Jeremy Renner‘s character as was originally rumored with Ghost Protocol.
Although there seemed to be talk of production problems on Rogue Nation, this news seems to indicate the studio’s confidence in Christopher McQuarrie‘s new film, at least as far as its box office results go. After all, even Battlefield Earth had talk of a sequel coming before it was released.
