Mission Impossible-V

In a December 5, 2011 interview it was revealed that Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg, Paula Patton, and Brad Bird were all interested in returning for a fifth Mission: Impossible film.Paramount is also reportedly interested in fast-tracking a fifth film due to the success of the fourth.On April 16, 2012 Bird confirmed that he won't come back to direct the film.On August 5, 2013, it was confirmed that Christopher McQuarrie will direct Mission: Impossible V.As of 2013, the 5th installment is expected to release sometime in 2015.Drew Pearce will be writing the film.Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions have signed a deal with Tom Cruise to reprise the role of Ethan Hunt and produce.On August 5, 2013, McQuarrie tweeted that he's confirmed to direct the film.McQuarrie also responded to his Twitter followers that he might partake in polishing Pearce's script.The fourth instalment in the long-running spy saga achieved positive critical notices and pulled in almost $700m across the globe, the highest sum for a film starring Cruise. Now Deadline reports that Christopher McQuarrie, the screenwriter-turned-director who worked with the world's most famous Scientologist on his recent film, Jack Reacher, is likely to step in for part five.

Cruise will once again play daredevil special agent Ethan Hunt, who is charged with a variety of assignments with the shadowy Impossible Missions Force. Few other details are known about the new film, such as whether sidekicks Jeremy Renner, Paula Patton and Simon Pegg are likely to have another outing after the success of Ghost Protocol.

Deadline also reports that a sequel to this year's Jack Reacher, the big-screen adaptation of Lee Child's popular series of books that controversially starred Cruise in the title role, is in the works. McQuarrie's film took $216m worldwide and attracted mainly decent reviews. Further future projects for the active icon include a Guy Ritchie-directed take on the 60s spy show The Man from UNCLE, in which Cruise will star as Napoleon Solo.