Your Mission, Should You Choose To Accept It

Throughout its history, I've tried very hard to keep the reporting of rumors to a minimum, while posting on The Last Reel. I'll admit though, that on occasion, I do indeed join in on the Rumor Mill. We are talking about Hollywood after all. It's almost impossible to avoid writing about some sort of rumor

The latest from the "mill" is a doozey and I couldn't resist. The Internet is all abuzz about a story from This Is London, that has Brad Pitt replacing Tom Cruise in the 4th Mission Impossible flick...

Garth Franklin of Dark Horizons picks up the story from there:

The British tabloids...have...a report that Brad Pitt has been lined up to replace Tom Cruise in the next "Mission Impossible" film in a move that will make Pitt the highest-paid actor in Hollywood history.

An insider told This Is London that: "MI:IV will not include Cruise's character, agent Ethan Hunt. They're considering a brief mention, saying Hunt retired to live a safe life with his new wife.

They're set on Brad taking over as a gutsy new head operative who puts together his own unique team of specialists."

Paramount Pictures, the company behind the franchise, ended their long-running partnership with Cruise the other month, whilst a few months earlier negotiated a deal to produce projects with Pitt's Plan B production company...

Pitt Stop?

Is "Mission IV" in his future?

This rumor could actually turn out be a good thing. I bet you, if Pitt did star in the next one--it would bring all of those folks who skipped out on the last one, back to the multiplex. Myself included. I hope rumor turns into reality.