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Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
27 December 2011 2:33 PM, PST | Planet Fury | See recent Planet Fury news »
Directed by: Brad Bird
Written by: André Nemec, Josh Appelbaum, Bruce Geller
Cast: Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Paula Patton, Anil Kapoor
A very bad man is after a set of top secret Russian nuclear launch codes, and this is making the secret Imf organization very nervous.
Imf field agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) can't really help all that much with this; he's managed to get himself locked up in a high security Moscow prison. Agents Jane Carter (Paula Patton) and Benji Dunn (Simon Pegg) are assigned the task of getting the man out of the clink so that he can be put to some real use, and this is done in a fairly slick if raucous manner involving computer hacking and staged prison riots.
Now free to do his job, Hunt and his team head out on the trail of a newly arising supervillain going under the codename »
- Tristan Sinns
Brad Bird On Handling 'Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol'
22 December 2011 9:29 AM, PST | LatinoReview | See recent LatinoReview news »
When you think of the name Brad Bird, you automatically associate him with critically praised animated films such as "The Incredibles," "Ratatouille" and "The Iron Giant." He's been a shining star in the animation front for the past decade, so when he suddenly decided to go the live-action route plenty of his fans were on board, especially since he started by making his mark in one of the bigger action franchises out there. Now here we are on the opening week of "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol," the fourth installment of the popular franchise starring Tom Crusie. Brad Bird discusses with us the thrill of directing the action flick, the new gadgets that are close to some that exist in the real world and the never-ending question about his future with other animated films, particularly a sequel that fans have been wanting for half a decade now.Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise »
Review: Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol
21 December 2011 3:22 PM, PST | Blogomatic3000 | See recent Blogomatic3000 news »
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
Stars: Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg, Jeremy Renner, Paula Patton, Michael Nyqvist | Written by Josh Appelbaum, André Nemec | Directed by Brad Bird
Tom Cruise is back for a fourth outing with the Imf. That’s Impossible Mission Force, obviously, not International Monetary Fund, as any sensible person would naturally assume. The film kicks off with Cruise being busted out of a Russian prison for crimes unknown. He and his team (Pegg, Renner, and Patton) are then sent on the trail of Michael Nyqvist’s nuclear terrorist via the Kremlin, Dubai and Mumbai. En route, the Kremlin gets a bit blown up in what is incorrectly assumed to be an American attack and Team Tom are formally disavowed and must go rogue in order to save the day.
MIssion Impossible: Ghost Protocol is inherently, inexcusably and spectacularly ridiculous. It’s overlong, makes baffling logical leaps and in Tom Cruise, »
- Jack Kirby
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol Breaks Tron: Legacy’s IMAX Record
21 December 2011 8:00 AM, PST | ScifiMafia | See recent ScifiMafia news »
Paramount Pictures released director Brad Bird‘s Spy-Fi film, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol in IMAX theaters just last week. Now, the film starring Tom Cruise has managed to score and IMAX opening weekend record, beating the previous record holder Tron: Legacy. Check out the press release below for all the details!
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Press Release:
IMAX® Posts Record December Opening Box Office Results With Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol Film Breaks Record Global and Domestic Results for December Grossing $14 Million Globally and $10.5 Million Domestically Over Opening Weekend in IMAX Early Release Window
Los Angeles, Dec. 20, 2011 – IMAX Corporation (NYSE: IMAX; Tsx: Imx) and Paramount Pictures today announced that Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol The IMAX Experience, earned approximately $14 million at the box office in IMAX® theatres worldwide during its opening weekend. Domestically, the film generated $10.5 million on 300 IMAX screens, for an IMAX per-screen average of $35,000. Internationally, it generated $3.4 million on 89 IMAX screens, »
- Jason Moore
Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol Breaks December IMAX Records
20 December 2011 7:57 AM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
IMAX Corporation and Paramount Pictures today announced that Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol The IMAX Experience, earned approximately $14 million at the box office in IMAX theaters worldwide during its opening weekend. Domestically, the film generated $10.5 million on 300 IMAX screens, for an IMAX per-screen average of $35,000. Internationally, it generated $3.4 million on 89 IMAX screens, for an IMAX per-screen average of $38,200. The film surpassed the previous December opening box office records set by Tron: Legacy. Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol The IMAX Experience is set to open on 112 additional IMAX theatres in various territories, including China and the UK.
"Paramount leveraged an early release in IMAX as a key component of its marketing strategy for this film and based on this promising start we are enthusiastic that this approach will deliver," said IMAX CEO Richard L. Gelfond. "Not only were the global IMAX grosses strong, but we were extremely effective in generating positive reviews, word-of-mouth »
- MovieWeb
Box Office: December 16-18, 2011: Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows
19 December 2011 10:34 AM, PST | Film-Book | See recent Film-Book news »
Three sequels reigned supreme. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows premiered in the top spot at the box office with $40 Million. Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked premiered in Second Place with $23.5 Million. Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol premiered in Third Place with $13 Million. New Year’s Eve was Fourth with $7.4 Million. The Sitter was Fifth with $4.4 Million. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1, Young Adult, Hugo, Arthur Christmas, and The Muppets rounded out the top ten respectively.
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows is a 2011 British-American action mystery film directed by Guy Ritchie and produced by Joel Silver, Lionel Wigram, Susan Downey, and Dan Lin. It is a sequel to the 2009 film Sherlock Holmes, based on the character of the same name created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The screenplay is by Kieran Mulroney and Michele Mulroney. Robert Downey, Jr. and Jude Law reprise their roles as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson, »
- filmbook
Brad Bird's "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol"
17 December 2011 6:14 AM, PST | MUBI | See recent MUBI news »
We'll begin with a couple of ringing endorsements and then add a qualifier or two, but all in all, most critics are pleased to be surprised.
"Take an aging star often viewed as a weirdo," begins Salon's Andrew O'Hehir, "a director who's never made a live-action film and the fourth installment of a 15-year-old movie franchise whose roots go back to 1960s television. What do you get? Well, it certainly could have been a total disaster, or an awkward nostalgia exercise, but instead Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol is something even more unlikely: the most exciting action flick of the year, by a huge margin. Director Brad Bird brings all the wit, style and imagination of his animated films (Ratatouille, The Incredibles and The Iron Giant) to this slick secret-agent techno-fantasy. As for 49-year-old Tom Cruise, he's surely ready for a comeback after weathering the worst publicity of his celebrity career. »
[Review] Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
16 December 2011 5:29 AM, PST | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
There’s very little reason to come out of Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol doubting Brad Bird‘s skill as a live-action filmmaker. To date, of course, he’s known best for his Pixar contributions, which include the directorial oversight of The Incredibles and Ratatouille, but with the fourth installment of this Tom Cruise-headlined franchise, Bird proves just as adept at staging large-scale set pieces in physical locations. The difference, though, is that his two previous films both had the foundation of intelligent screenplays, while the written material for Ghost Protocol, co-penned by Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec, is just plain dumb.
“Hang on a second there,” you might say, “this movie isn’t supposed to be a smart actioner.” And I would agree with you (for the most part, because, at 133 minutes, the film outstays its welcome by at least 20, and there are one-too-many let’s-take-an-action-break-and-get-emotional monologues). But what »
- jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
'Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol' Review (2011)
16 December 2011 3:51 AM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol is a film with major thrills, a lackluster villain and a far greater attempt at laughs than any of its three predecessors. Director Brad Bird (The Incredibles), making his live-action directorial debut, has charged himself with a serious task as he pushes aside his animation chops, picks up large-format, 70mm IMAX cameras and tackles a globe-trotting plot that wows with spectacle but slightly underachieves on intrigue.
Without initial explanation as to what has occurred since Mission: Impossible III came to a close, Ghost Protocol opens with Impossible Mission Force (Imf) Agent Ethan Hunt (Cruise) holed up in a Moscow prison, but he won't be there long. Sloshing through the sewers below is Agent Jane Carter (Paula Patton) and above ground is Mission: Impossible III tech guru Benji Dunn (Simon Pegg), no longer strapped to a desk at headquarters, but now a field agent.
Once free, »
- Brad Brevet
‘Mission: Incredible—Ghost Protocol’ Mash-Up Trailer
16 December 2011 2:29 AM, PST | LatinoReview | See recent LatinoReview news »
In a tribute to director Brad Bird’s opening of “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol” next week, there is a tribute mash-up with his 2004’s Pixar animation “The Incredibles.” The video was created by The MashupArtist on YouTube. The film stars Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Paula Patton, Ving Rhames and Josh Holloway. Here is a brief synopsis of the film: This is not just another mission. The Imf is shut down when it’s implicated in a global terrorist bombing plot. Ghost Protocol is initiated and Ethan Hunt and his rogue new team must go undercover to clear their organization’s name. No help, no contact, off the grid. You have never seen a mission grittier and more intense than this. The script is written by Josh Appelbaum, Andre Nemec and Christopher McQuarrie. “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol” will be in theaters on December 21st later this year. Check out »
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol Review (Four Stars). Tom Cruise Soars Sky High (Literally)
15 December 2011 9:16 PM, PST | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
Review of Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, starring Tom Cruise. Tom Cruise leaps back to action in eye-popping film. Formula is enemy number one when it comes to reviving an action franchise that goes back 15 years and some 5 years since its last installment. So it makes sense for director Brad Bird and star Tom Cruise to promote Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (M:I4) as something of a reboot of the big-screen adaptations of Bruce Geller's '60s spy show about Impossible Mission Force (Imf) agents and their globetrotting espionage assignments. The well-known theme song, state-of-the-art masks, incredible gadgets and political dangers are back in the fun and furious M:I4 but Bird and writers Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec boost the franchise staples with new Imf agents, the interesting premise of the Imf being branded as terrorists and a speeding storyline that yanks the action from Moscow to Dubai and »
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol Review (Four Stars). Tom Cruise Soars Sky High (Literally)
15 December 2011 9:16 PM, PST | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
Review of Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, starring Tom Cruise. Tom Cruise leaps back to action in eye-popping film. Formula is enemy number one when it comes to reviving an action franchise that goes back 15 years and some 5 years since its last installment. So it makes sense for director Brad Bird and star Tom Cruise to promote Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (M:I4) as something of a reboot of the big-screen adaptations of Bruce Geller's '60s spy show about Impossible Mission Force (Imf) agents and their globetrotting espionage assignments. The well-known theme song, state-of-the-art masks, incredible gadgets and political dangers are back in the fun and furious M:I4 but Bird and writers Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec boost the franchise staples with new Imf agents, the interesting premise of the Imf being branded as terrorists and a speeding storyline that yanks the action from Moscow to Dubai and »
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol Review (Four Stars). Tom Cruise Soars Sky High (Literally)
15 December 2011 9:16 PM, PST | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
Review of Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, starring Tom Cruise. Tom Cruise leaps back to action in eye-popping film. Formula is enemy number one when it comes to reviving an action franchise that goes back 15 years and some 5 years since its last installment. So it makes sense for director Brad Bird and star Tom Cruise to promote Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (M:I4) as something of a reboot of the big-screen adaptations of Bruce Geller's '60s spy show about Impossible Mission Force (Imf) agents and their globetrotting espionage assignments. The well-known theme song, state-of-the-art masks, incredible gadgets and political dangers are back in the fun and furious M:I4 but Bird and writers Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec boost the franchise staples with new Imf agents, the interesting premise of the Imf being branded as terrorists and a speeding storyline that yanks the action from Moscow to Dubai and »
Film Review: ‘Mission: Impossible: Ghost Protocol’ Rocks Your Holiday
15 December 2011 1:56 PM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – Brad Bird proves that he can make the leap from Pixar to action with one of the best genre films of the year, the adrenalized “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol.” Proving there is a way to make a big budget franchise installment that feels vibrant, alive, and like more than just a pathetic retread of what has come before (unlike this year’s “Pirates of the Caribbean” and “Sherlock Holmes” entries), “Ghost Protocol” delivers with breakneck pace and stellar action choreography. This movie wastes little time – it’s a lean, mean, action machine.
Rating: 4.0/5.0
After a brief intro in which an Imf agent (Josh Holloway of “Lost”) is assassinated by a gorgeous killer (Lea Seydoux), Bird’s film starts its international adventure (nothing takes place stateside until the epilogue) in a Russian prison. While Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) lies in his bed, bouncing a rock against the wall, two agents »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
Brad Bird interview: Mission: Impossible, The Iron Giant, Die Hard, fast edits and movie music
15 December 2011 4:45 AM, PST | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »
Brad Bird chats to us about Mission: Impossible, The Incredibles, Die Hard, sound, Inglourious Basterds and much, much more...
Regular readers of this site will be all too aware of our love for the movies of Brad Bird. The Iron Giant is a firm, firm favourite in these parts, and our feelings towards The Incredibles and Ratatouille are no mystery, either.
For his fourth film, Bird has tackled the fourth Mission: Impossible movie. And as part of the promotional tour for that film, they let us in a room with him for 20 minutes. The fools. Here's what happened...
Does it get any less scary, the process of moviemaking, and everything associated with it?
I don’t think so if you’re doing it right. I think if you get too comfortable with it, then something’s missing. I think that you ought to be a little frightened. It’s like »
‘Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol’ Review – Bad Ass Action With Brad Bird Style
13 December 2011 12:00 PM, PST | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
Without exaggeration, you can probably count the amount of static dialogue scenes in Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol on one hand. In seemingly each and every scene, director Brad Bird’s first live-action film is bursting with vitality. Things are always moving, situations are stressful, not everyone is who they say they are, and more often than not there’s some kind of awe-inspiring stunt or intense fight happening. From frame one, Ghost Protocol is a high-octane drag race of non-stop action and that in itself would almost be sufficient. Bird, however, separates this film from not only the rest of the series, but most action films in general, by having these scenes advance the plot as well as character, all while maintaining a welcome balance of levity and heart. While Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol rewards viewers who are familiar with the previous three films in the series, it's more or less newbie friendly. »
- Germain Lussier
'Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol' 3 Minute Clip
13 December 2011 11:21 AM, PST | LatinoReview | See recent LatinoReview news »
Paramount Pictures have provided LatinoReview with a new 3 minute film clip for Brad Bird's "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol," the fourth installment of the hugely successful spy series starring Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Paula Patton, Josh Holloway, Michael Nyqvist, Vladimir Mashkov, Lea Seydoux, and Anil Kapoor.Check out the new 3 minute film clip below and let us know what you think.The film is due out in IMAX theaters December 16, 2011 and everywhere on December 21, 2011.Josh Applebaum & Andre Nemec will write the script based on a story that J.J. Abrams wrote with them. J.J. Abrams produced this fourth "Mission: Impossible"The Imf is shut down when it's implicated in a global terrorist bombing plot. Ghost Protocol is initiated and Ethan Hunt and his rogue new team must go undercover to clear their organization's name. No help, no contact, off the grid. You have never seen a mission grittier and more intense than this. »
Watch Tom Cruise & Jeremy Renner In Two, New Extended Clips From Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
13 December 2011 10:45 AM, PST | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
Photo credit: Industrial Light & Magic Tom Cruise plays Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, from Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions.
Paramount Pictures and Coke Zero will team up to present the live Mission: Impossible.Ghost Protocol movie premiere in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil tomorrow, December 14th. The live red carpet event will air online beginning at 7:00 p.m. Brst/ 4:00 p.m. Est / 1:00 p.m. Pst and will feature a live performance by Grammy®-nominated DJ & Producer Tiësto, who will unveil his brand new re-mix of the famed Mission: Impossible theme song, written by Lalo Schifren, for the first time ever.
This special red carpet event will be streamed free at CokeZero.com/Mission, MissionImpossible.com, Livestream.com/MissionImpossible, http://www.facebook.com/tiesto and Coke Zero on Facebook.
In anticipation, take a sneak peek of the film in these new clips:
“Sandstorm Chase”
“From The Outside »
- Michelle McCue
‘Mission: Impossible-Ghost Protocol’ Premiere Event to stream
13 December 2011 9:37 AM, PST | Destroy the Brain | See recent Destroy the Brain news »
Most of the word that you may have been hearing about Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol is that Dark Knight Rises prologue playing before it. It recently played at Harry Knowles’ Birthday celebration, Butt Numb-a-Thon this past weekend and the buzz on the actual movie is good! On Wednesday, the film will officially premiere in Rio de Janerio, Brazil and Paramount wants to invite you to the red carpet….via your internet connection.
From the Press Release:
Paramount Pictures and Coke Zero announced today they will team up to present the live Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol movie premiere in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on December 14th. The live red carpet event will air online beginning at 7:00 p.m. Brst/ 4:00 p.m. Est / 1:00 p.m. Pst and will feature a live performance by Grammy®-nominated DJ & Producer Tiësto, who will unveil his brand new re-mix of the famed Mission: Impossible theme song, »
- Andy Triefenbach
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol Sandstorm Chase 3-Minute Long Movie Clip!
13 December 2011 12:16 AM, PST | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
Sandstorm Chase Clip from Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol. It's a Mission: Impossible day! After just adding a new "Outside" clip from the eagerly anticipated next installment in the franchise, helmed by Brad Bird, we are pleased to offer you a 3-minute long "Sandstorm Clip." Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol opens on December 21st and is scripted by Josh Applebaum and Andre Nemec, from the story by J.J. Abrams and Tom Cruise. Also in the cast are Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Paula Patton, Josh Holloway, Léa Seydoux, Michael Nyqvist, Vladimir Mashkov and Anil Kapoor. J.J. Abrams and Bryan Burke produce via their Bad Robot, alongside Tom Cruise. Blamed for the terrorist bombing of the Kremlin, Imf operative Ethan Hunt is disavowed along with the rest of the agency when the President initiates “Ghost Protocol”. Left without any resources or backup, Ethan must find a way to clear his agency’s name. »
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