Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol has opened strong at the worldwide box-office and attention has quickly turned to a fifth possible film in the series.
The head of Paramount pictures, Anthony Marcoly told Moviehole.com, "We are absolutely thrilled with the MIGP start internationally. The filmmaking team has provided us with an exceptionally playing film that moviegoers around the world are embracing. With two and a half weeks of school holidays still to come, we are positioned extremely well as the must see event over the Christmas season." Simon Pegg chirped up and spoke about a possible sequel and about Jeremy Renner taking over as the lead of the series, "I think that might have been the plan earlier on, but as the film progressed and we enjoyed it so much I think the idea of Ethan Hunt retiring fell by the wayside. Tom suddenly remembered why he loved doing these films so much and suddenly thought ‘well maybe I do want to do more?’ It’d be nice to see them go into a mission a little better equipped and prepared and have some things that actually work."
Cruise haters will be annoyed at how well the film as done, and he's obviously still a draw for audiences. Renner certainly helped, but the man who is Ethan Hawke is front and centre.
