The new Mission Impossible “reboot” is set to start filming this December, and I use those quotes because “reboot” is a hard pill to swallow when we find out all they are changing is the title.
Here’s what we know about the next Mission: Impossible movie:
The new movie will be a reboot of the series and won’t be called Mission: Impossible IV.
Tom Cruise is returning to play Ethan Hunt. Instead of leading a team this time out, he’ll be working alongside a new agent played by Jeremy Renner. The idea is that Renner’s character could lead the franchise from here on out, although Cruise still plans to return for a fifth film.
Ving Rhames will be reprising his role as Luther Stickell and that Simon Pegg is in talks to return as well.
Paula Patton (Precious) will play a young operative who works with Ethan Hunt.
I really don’t know that they expect us NOT to think that this is Mission Impossible 4. They are rebooting the series with the same actors playing their same roles? Sorry. That’s a sequel.
Its going to confuse the existing fanbase to hell to have these characters carrying on like nothing ever happened. What I can see happening is that Hunt will be taking on less of a feild agent role within the organization and will be in charge of the new team, but they wont be dismissing what happened before – simply moving forward without mentioning it.
Still not comfortable with the name Aries though either. Sure it has a ring to it and they have often played on mythical characters for themes within the show, but Operation Aries or Mission Impossible: Aries might have more franchise potential than Aries 2.
