First sneak peek at Tom Cruise's fourth 'Mission'.

Usually Tom Cruise doesn't do anything for me, but he always looks REALLY hot in these movies. I remember the first time I saw that MI with Thandie Newton in it, I laid eyes on him and was like : .

I sit just me, or are they grooming Tom Cruise to be more of a butt-kicking badass?

Sorry...but I can't wrap me head around that.

Matt Damon I can believe can hold his own in a fight.

Tom Cruise?

It's funny you have mentioned that, I seem to recall Ethan Hunt kicking butt and taking names in Mission II. Incidentally, this new film was directed by Brad Bird of Pixar's The Incredibles. Yes, The Incredibles. But judging from the trailer, dude is going to bring it!

Tom Cruise even tho he's a weirdo, has ALWAYS been hot in my book!!

I LOVED the song!!

Was that Alicia Keys starring with him?

No, that's Robin Thicke's wife, Paula Patton.

Nice stunts. I was really hoping they'd take stock of what happened with the last one tho and make it more "team-oriented" like the series, but they're marketing it as the Tom Cruise show once again Would have thought having Jeremy Renner, Josh Holloway and Paula Patton thrown up in lights might drum up more interest.

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No, that's Robin Thicke's wife, Paula Patton.

Thanks! Shes pretty!

Looks great. The Mission: Impossible movies have all been a pleasant surprise so far.

And, yeah, Tom was utterly disgusting to me all the way up until, say, Interview with the Vampire. Since then, he's definitely getting more attractive -- albeit perhaps also more annoying -- with age.

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Nice stunts. I was really hoping they'd take stock of what happened with the last one tho and make it more "team-oriented" like the series, but they're marketing it as the Tom Cruise show once again Would have thought having Jeremy Renner, Josh Holloway and Paula Patton thrown up in lights might drum up more interest.

J.J. Abrams, Mission III's director, co-produced this latest one. So I, too, am hoping that the other team members will receive equal screen time to do action sequences.

Looks good....i enjoy all the MI movies, i think cruise does a decent job. hope to see simon pegg with more screen time too.

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First sneak peek at Tom Cruise's fourth 'Mission'.

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Jeremy Renner, Tom Cruise, Paula Patton in Dubai to announce Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol.

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On the set: Paula Patton, director Brad Bird and Cruise.

J.J. Abrams Talks About About Brad Bird's Mission: Impossible

August 5, 2011

It was recently confirmed that filmmaker J.J. Abrams would indeed be moving onto Star Trek 2 this fall.

But he's said in the meantime that they're taking it slowly, letting the sequel develop without being rushed. Abrams answered a few questions recently, speaking not only about Star Trek, but also Brad Bird's Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol, which we all saw that first trailer for a couple of weeks ago.

Bad Robot, and Abrams himself, produced the film and were there helping Bird make his big transition to live-action. Abrams comments on both projects, not with any major news, but with great quotes at least.

First, it's best to sum up anything Abrams has to say about the Star Trek sequel with this statement: "I just want to make sure that we're putting the story and the characters, the cast and the crew, and most importantly the audience, first before we start talking about exactly which locations we're going to be shooting at and what the wardrobe and visual effects budgets are."

Therefore, don't expect any major updates soon, especially because they just started really working on the screenplay anyway. But let's jump over to Mission Impossible instead, because that's already scheduled for release this December, and Abrams has some fantastic things to say about it.

Here's what he mentions about Brad Bird's M:I4:

"I think it's the best one of the series. I do. First of all, you've never seen a live action Brad Bird movie, and yet when you watch it, you go, 'This is a Brad Bird movie.' You realize you've been watching Brad Bird films that just happen to be animated. It's really fun. It's got a fun intensity to it, and that's Brad. It's the biggest one, by far, in terms of the stuff that happens in it.

Also, there are other things like a portion of it was shot in IMAX and there's a sequence on the tallest building in the world, the Burj in Dubai, where Tom Cruise did five days worth of wire work outside the building that is so insane, you cannot believe the insurance company let him do it. When you see it on IMAX, it's terrifying.

It's crazy, what he did. It really is unbelievable. It's weird to be in meetings with him and think, 'That dude was running down the outside of the building!' I'm talking to him, he's in my office, and he did that. It's weird. It's like talking to Buzz Aldrin. You're like, 'That dude was on the moon!'"

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