I'm all for cool subtitles, and Ghost Protocol - although slightly cheesy and very Tom Clancy-ish - is plenty cool. But it does seem a little strange coming from a series that's lacked subtitles for the first three films. 1996 gave us Mission: Impossible, 2000 gave us the high-flying, John Woo-directed Mission: Impossible II, and in 2006 J.J. Abrams directed a star-studded Mission: Impossible III. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol will be called just that, with no indication (in the title) that it's the fourth in the series.
Along with Tom Cruise, series star Ving Rhames will return as Luther Sticker and Simon Pegg will reprise his Mission: Impossible III role as Benji Dunn. New cast members include Russian actor Vladimir Mashkov (Behind Enemy Lines, 15 Minutes), Josh Holloway (Stay Cool, Sawyer from Lost), Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker, The Town), Paula Patton (Deja Vu, Mirrors), Samuli Edelmann (Finnish actor), and Swedish actor Mikael Nyqvist (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo) will play the film's main antagonist, with Anil Kapoor (Slumdog Millionaire, 24) and Lea Seydoux (Inglourious Basterds, Robin Hood) also playing villains.
It's good to see that they're not limiting themselves to American actors and instead dipping heavily into the international talent pool.
Possibly the weirdest addition is not to the cast, but to the crew; Brad Bird will be directing the film. Among Bird's directing credits are The Iron Giant, The Incredibles, and Ratatouille. They're all great films, but they're also all animated. This will be Bird's first time directing a live action production.
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol is scheduled to hit theaters on December 16th, 2011.
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