He will team up again with Tom Cruise and Simon Pegg.
According to multiple sources, Actor Jeremy Renner has confirmed that he will reprise his role of Agent William Brandt in Mission: Impossible 5. He will re-join with Actors Simon Pegg and Tom Cruise for the December 25, 2015 release.
The news came as it sometimes does, through denial of a possible casting in another project. The project he denied involvement was HBO's True Detective. Here's what he said:
"It's kind of unlikely. In fact, I'm kind of strapped time-wise doing Avengers 2, and Mission: Impossible 5 is rearing its head, and then they want to do another Bourne movie. It's unlikely I can find the time right now. And that's all right. It's just really high-class problems — pretty awesome to have. Even if I really wanted to do it, which I don't, I couldn't."
This is great news for those of us who enjoyed Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (and we did). It's true that Renner has a lot of his plate right now, deep in the middle of no less than 3 franchises (if you don't count M:I). The script is in re-write stage, with Call of Duty videogame writer Will Staples at the lead.
Meanwhile, Cruise has brought Jack Reacher director (and Edge of Tomorrow writer) Christopher McQuarrie in to direct, a move we absolutely love. There's also been reports that Zero Dark Thirty's Jessica Chastain has been offered a substantial role in the film. We haven't heard whether Paula Patton will return as Jane Carter, but we hope to hear something soon. We also haven't heard about a villain, something which the script re-write needs to address.
Brad Bird's Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol opened in December 2011 and earned an amazing $694.7 million worldwide on a budget of $145 million.
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