Ethan Hunt has found his sidekick and (possible future replacement) for his next mission impossible, and his name is Jeremy Renner.
Deadline reports that the actor has won the co-starring role opposite Tom Cruise in the forthcoming "Mission: Impossible 4," raising our interest in the film considerably. Recently, news surfaced that Renner's "The Hurt Locker" co-star Anthony Mackie, Kevin Zegers (Zack Snyder's "Dawn of the Dead," "Gossip Girl" and "Transamerica") and Australian actor Christopher Egan ("Letters To Juliet") were all being considered for the role, with screen tests happening imminently. Those tests have now been canceled.
Like we said earlier about Mackie, Renner seriously doesn't need this dreck which ranks high among our unnecessary sequels list, and we really hoped that when he turned down "Battleship" it was a sign he would stick to projects with a bit more....integrity. Anyway, Renner joins the returning Ving Rhames and the possibly returning Simon Pegg in the fourth entry of the franchise, which is slated to hit theaters on December 16, 2011.
8/26/2010
Jeremy Renner Joins 'Mission: Impossible 4'
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Brad Bird means this cannot be just dreck.
Also: I thought Paramount wanted to cast younger (Shia style) for the franchise but Renner's only 9 years younger than Cruise (which is not many years!)
Wait...Renner is co-starring in PTA's "The Master" which will probably rip apart Scientology/L. Ron Hubbard, no?
And now's he's signed on for MI4 with Cruise?
Awwwwwwkward.
Dear, Jeremy Renner.
Really? The Avengers seemed like a nice small part big-budget diversion (tempting, i realize), but this is the career path you want to go down?
PTA, get your project off the ground already and save this man.
I don't care if it's an unnecessary sequel, Jeremy Renner is super-cool and should be an action star. If this helps him get there, all the better.
Also, hope they get a great villain for this. MI3 was seriously elevated by Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Billy Crudup.
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i secretly want to james franco for pta's new movie..
Is it a safe bet that Renner, whose agent is on Tom Cruise's "team" at CAA, will probably not do the PTA film anymore?
If so, I think PTA should go for Leonardo DiCaprio. Leo has shown a recent interest in working with Paul. This could be perfect.
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