With the various pieces now falling into place, Paramount Pictures has fired the gun on Mission: Impossible 5, which it's announced will be in cinemas on December 25th 2015 in the US. We'd imagine we'll get it a day later in the UK.
The new instalment in the series has been penned by Drew Pierce (Iron Man 3), and will be directed by Christopher McQuarrie (who previously helmed Jack Reacher, also starring Tom Cruise). Tom Cruise will be reprising the role of Ethan Hunt, although it's not clear yet if the likes of Simon Pegg, Paula Patton and Jeremy Renner will be returning.
Mission Impossible: Ghost Procotol, the last movie in the series, was both the most popular this year, and also the biggest grossing movie of Tom Cruise's career. All concerned will be keen to repeat that level of success.
One point of note: the movie arrives in cinemas one week after Star Wars: Episode VII. And with Kung Fu Panda 3, the adaptation of Dan Brown's Inferno, and Duncan Jones' Warcraft movie all arriving around then too, that's some competition...
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