Who Would YOU Like to See as Director of Mission: Impossible IV?

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Tom Cruise will return as superagent Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible IV, but a director has not been chosen yet. For those of you hoping for J.J. Abrams to return to the director’s chair (he directed Mission: Impossible III), sorry—he’s only executive producing this time around.

So, who will helm the latest installment of this mega-franchise? No one knows as of yet. But we thought we’d take a look at the past three directors and examine the differences in their filmmaking styles:

Mission: Impossible: Brian De Palma

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Known for his psychological thrillers like Carrie and Dressed to Kill, as well as graphic violence in gangster films like Scarface, The Untouchables, and Carlito’s Way, De Palma is often considered to be a member of “New Hollywood” generation of directors along with Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Martin Scorsese, and Francis Ford Coppola. In Mission: Impossible, De Palma made sure to kick off the franchise with lots of over-the-top action and explosions, including helicopters flying in train tunnels and a restaurant fish tank explosion.

Mission: Impossible II: John Woo

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Hailing from Hong Kong, Woo’s highly stylized action sequences and slow motion fight scenes are usually prevalent in his action films like A Better Tomorrow, Once a Thief, and Face/Off. There was certainly no shortage of ass-kicking in the second installment, as Woo made sure to include amazing fights, gun play, and a high-adreneline motorcycle chase, not to mention one of Woo’s signatures – white doves.

Mission: Impossible III: J.J. Abrams

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Abrams came from the world of television, where he created and produced TV hits like Felicity, Alias, and Lost. After watching DVDs of Alias, Cruise contacted Abrams and asked him to work on MI:3. It was Abrams’ first time directing a feature-length film, but it included all the plot twists, intrigue, and mystery that his work is known for, plus an ensemble cast and a great heist scene in Vatican City, complete with a blown up Lamborghini and speedboat getaway.

Although the job is very much up in the air, we are curious to know what YOU think. Which director has the right combination of smarts, intrigue and action sequence know-how to deliver another knockout installment of M:I?

Much like when we asked you who would make a great leading lady for M:I4, let us know who you think would fit best in the directors chair, should you choose to accept this mission. We’d like you to think of your dream director for the next Mission – who do you want to see in the director’s chair, shooting car chases, explosions, fight sequences, and everything else it takes to create an action-packed summer blockbuster? Let us know on Twitter. Or on our Facebook fan page. Or right here on the Official Tom Cruise Blog! Sound off in the comments below!

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  • Andrew

    Ridley Scott or Michael Bay

  • Massiel Lee

    Altough I love JJ’s work, the best MI was #2, so John Woo would be my best choice

  • Chris

    Renny Harlin!

  • Helen Kelly

    How about Paul Greengrass or Doug Liman?

  • http://www.1SRC.com David Jonas

    sir Ridley Scott and/or Tony Scott !

  • Robson Lins

    Kathryn Bigelow, of couse man…100%

  • owen r

    Tyler Perry, alfred hitchcock, jazzy jeff

  • http://twitter.com/omlopes Odirlei Michel Lopes

    think J.J. Abrahms should be the director of MI4. In it Matthew Vaughan and Guy Ritchie would also be excellent choices.

  • Larry Troy

    John Woo.

  • Ankur Verma

    Brian De Palma or James cameron

  • http://www.myspace.com/fruitcayke LF

    in re your TWITTER: “We want to know who YOU would like to see as the next director for the epic Mission: Impossible 4! Tell us: http://clicky.me/M14Director”
    from (Twitter) LilPeep2U : Quentin Tarantino, Scorsese or let Tom (he knows best by now)

  • LoveVampiress

    Well, i’d like J J Abrams :)

  • Marilyn Dockendorf

    James Cameron.

  • http://www.myspace.com/score24band paul ruess

    When I think of epic I think of peter jackson. He’s such a great director. He obviously has lots of emotion and imagination and for a film this far into the series, you need someone to keep those two things there.

  • Andrew Barrie

    As a huge Bourne fan, I’d like to see Paul Greengrass do it.
    I think MI with a Bourne feel would be totally awesome. Im going to see his new movie-greenzone- tomorrow, really excited, specially as all my friends have told me its epic. “17/10″ seeminly

  • Marilyn Dockendorf

    Joss Whedon.

  • chris

    Christopher Nolan

  • Nicole

    Well, being a fan of the movies it would be great to see John Woo come back, but J.J. Abrams and Brian De Palma are also great directors. It would be awesome to see how you yourself would be able to pull it off, Tom. But if I had my choice, I’d say John Woo. Just my opinion. :)

  • yasmine

    john woo was just perfect and i think it was realy the best one of the three parts

  • http://websolutions.robertvonheeren.de Robert von Heeren

    I suggest Steven Spielberg as director for MI IV

  • Aleksander Lien

    How about the director from Valkyrie, Brian Singer. Tom and Brian has worked togheter before.

    Or mabye the director from District 9, Peter Jacksons protege Neill Blomkamp. I think it going to bee awsome.

  • http://www.avastimeblogging.ning.com Ava Sharee Cain-White

    I am unable to put a name to the director for this movie and yet what I would like to add is that he would have to make this one similar to and yet unlike the others with more believability to it that will encompass the script on as many details as possible without being too drawn out to cause the audience to loose interest after 30 minutes of the movie and include all of the action, explosions and finesse and timing to bring this movie to where it need to be. Find a director that has an eye for detail, an eye for high intensity, adrenaline pumping movies that can combine who he or she is into the movie without overshadowing it along with the essence from the others ones then you just may have that blockbuster. Now for the leading lady, she have to be proven in action movies, able to not only carry her role to another level of acting and make it believable she has to be able to deliver without overstepping the role she is playing or doing too much at the wrong time and not enough when it is needed. If she isn’t too proven on any of these areas, she have to be a very quick learner and have the ability to make the role even more convincing to the audience and if she is known and unkown combined, she will have put in some serious work to not only carry her role but to be able to stand alongside the leading man and is willing to add more to the movie just to be able to hold her own.

  • http://twitter Matt Diamond

    I would like to see MI focus a little bit more on the tradecraft side of things, the action sequences are epic at times especially in MI2 (still one of the best action movies ever) but the T.V series put a lot of the focus on the finesse involved in being part of IMF – i think that side of it has been missing in large parts of all of the movies – except the vault scene in MI1, don’t get me wrong theres been some cool spy sections but it hasn’t always rung true to my understanding of the show.

    As a result i would say that i would like to see Guillermo Del Toro as Director of MI4, he has a great ability to create a surreal but real world if that makes sense, like in Pan’s Labarynth and that would resonate in the world of espionage as espionage takes place in the real world but by people who essentially live on a different and strange plain of existance to most other folk and with Hellboy 2 – The Golden Army he has shown himself capable of some really exciting action sequences that fit within the context of the plot.

    He also comes across as a bit geeky and I think theres a lot of the type of details thats been missing from the previous three movies (in relation to the show) that he would have a great eye for as well as the right type of humour to put those things across to modern audience

  • Hadel

    Thanks for asking…. best action director for MI4 and credentials to show for it:

    ***John McTiernan -
    Predator
    Die Hard
    The Hunt For Red October

    Best Wishes,
    Hadel

  • melany Romero

    I think that it should be David Slade cause I can see it being a little more Dark but also with acction if you know what I mean or also Chris Waitz (sorry if I spell wrong i’m bad with spelling names hee hee) but I bet who ever they chose should be great! :D

  • Hossain ahmed

    Either I want to see Legendary action movie director John Woo again for MI 4..I think he directed 2nd part of MI…He is the best for action….Or you can see another famous action director Micheal Mann…He is one of the best for action movie in Hollywood..So you can call him..Thanks

  • Peter Swail

    The Wachowski Brothers. Or J J again. Russian guy Timur who made Wanted maybe.

    Most important is story & characters. Abrams nailed it in #3. Come to think of it, yeah, just get J J back!

  • Ganzack

    First and foremost the directors listed above each did a great, and different take on this cool franchise! To take the directors-chair after one of these fine gentlemen is quite a task, but I think that these directors might be up for it:

    1. Jonathan Mostow. This guy know action-scenes! I mean look at his work in T3 or surrogates. With a good script I think he could make incredibly tense, and action-packed scenes.

    2. Alex Proyas. I think theres lots of potential in this director. He has a great visual style, and know action-scenes aswell. Just look a I, robot!

    3. Louis Leterrier. another director with a lot of potential! He creates spectacular and imaginative scenes, all the while keeping them action-packed.

    I think mission impossible is a great franchise, and think these directors has what it takes to create an exciting cinematic experience. Consider my picks, I think these guys might pull it off. Looking forward to M:I4

  • http://www.tomcruise.com natimaryluna

    los directores de Mission Impossible I, II y III son grandes directores, puede ser uno de ellos besos tom¡¡¡

  • Frank Aboytes

    Get either James Cameron or Stephen Sommers.

  • http://www.seansshack.com Sean Ryan

    1) Steven Spielberg: The combination of Tom Cruise, J.J. Abrams and Steven Spielberg would be incredible…. or should I say impossible to pass over as an option.

    2) Since Abrams is out…… Chris Nolan as he has been amazingly consistent in relation to quality.

    3) Ridley or Tony Scott.

    4) James Cameron

    I know Mr. Cruise likes to work with the best as well as people he hasn’t worked with before so finally: Paul Thomas Anderson.

  • http://www.amairca.com eduardo Arias

    I would like MI4 tobe directed by Ridley Scott, he and Tom know each other from Legend, and Ridley is a great director, of course subjectibly i would pick Quentin Tarantino, that’d be fantastic!

  • Teresa

    CHRISTOPHER NOLAN.
    He’s a genius. And I’m not talking batman/Dark Knight here, I’m talking MEMENTO and FOLLOWING.
    MI directed by Nolan would be still action packed, but with a richer, brainier plot. Best combination.

  • http://nzmindtest.yolasite.com/ Nigel

    Sorry, but its got to be Paul Greengrass…..he is brilliant and original in his viewpoint! Check him out!

  • http://frederickpina.wordpress.com Frederick Pina

    Yooooo !

    Tom; I’m a HARDCORE fan of you and the Mission Impossible series. I got my $12.50 ready for you right here in New York City. As far as your next director. I say go with Michael Bay.

    You can’t lose with Bay and action films.

    -frederick pina

    p.s. Throw in a few spectacular Imax 3D sequences !!!!

    Much Success to you Tom. You’re a great actor & filmmaker !!!!!

  • http://www.ChrisWhiteHQ.com Chris White

    RIAN JOHNSON (BRICK and THE BROTHERS BLOOM) should be asked to direct MI:4. There’s not a more visually astute, film-loving, story-forward director around. He’s up to his next film (LOOPER) at the moment, but I’m sure Tom could twist his arm and get him on board.

  • http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1311545/ Ben Trebilcook

    I think Martin Campbell would be a wise choice, Tom. He’s relaunched Bond twice and certainly knows action. I remember Oliver Stone, Ang Lee and Fincher were linked to my MI3 script years back. They’d be cool too!

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?ref=profile&id=540400929 Mazmorrero

    J J Abrams again, Antoine Fuqua, Michael Mann, Martin Campbell or Tom Twycker.

  • Ben Trebilcook

    Peter Pedrero – stunt director
    David Fincher
    Paul Greengrass

  • Umar Gillen

    john Woo Is best of best.
    I Love to watch MI4 Directed by Jhon woo

  • http://delcineysusestrellas.blogspot.com Dalia

    I vote for Ridley Scott. He has directed great action movies as Gladiator, Robin Hood, American Ganster, Kingdom of Heaven, Black Hawk Down and Alien

  • Emma Macdonald

    Tom

    I think that our own homegrown Paul Greengrass should direct MI IV. ( Only because he & I are British !! )

    He has made some amazing films : Bloody Sunday, United 93 & of course the Bourne series.

    Regards
    Emma (“,)

  • anastasia

    i want steven spielberg what about that? they have good chemistry! think about it :-)

  • http://osindicados.wordpress.com Tati

    Paul Greengrass, from The Bourne Ultimatum. He’s awesome.
    Hey, Tom, pleeeeease, say hi for me. I’m @osindicados on twitter and I’m Brazil. We do love you.
    beijos

  • maxpayne79

    Ridley Scott (Body of Lies w/DiCaprio)
    Kevin Macdonald (State of Play w/Russel Crowe)
    Both had fab scripts to work with.

  • Tracy

    Nash Edgerton – check out ‘The Square’.

  • Rachel

    I would love to see J.J. back as the Director. I absolutely love his work!

  • http://Football-Fever.webs.com Fayzah

    Hmmm! .. good question!! ..
    well, for me.. I’d love to see Michael Mann! … I love his style! ^_^

  • Kevin

    Brian de Palma did a good job on the first one Tom, go with what works! Love from Ottawa, Canada!

  • Julie

    Why doesn’t Tom direct it himself?(if one would want it done right) I love Sam Mendes, but not sure if this is his kinda gig. John Favreau…did a good job on Ironman…or too much of a competition? Tim Burton??(lol) semi-animated!!! yes…he could pair up with John.
    Hmm….so many options.

  • Jonas

    I think Tony Scott would be a perfect choice. He has been making actionmovies ever since he started his career so he knows what it’s all about. But the list can be so long. You have great experience in Bryan Singer, Paul Greengrass and also Brett Ratner. And another talented director is F Gary Gray. Either one of these directors would do a great job with the film. /Jonas from Sweden

  • walker

    Brian de Palma, pois ele devera levar o filme a um novo estatos tendo jah assim dirigido o primeiro talves com um retorno a origem da serie M.I. com muita ação e muita explosao mais tambem poderia ter algo mais ala sherlok holmes quem sabe fica ai a dica abraços a todos vocês

  • Werner Esch

    John Woo again or Quentin Tarantino

  • Yvonne Q

    Jon Woo….of course…

  • Carlos

    gore verbinski, or antoine fuqua

  • Sharon Cohen

    Would love John Woo again. Big, Big Fan. If he can’t do it the other ACTION directors I think of are James Cameron, Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski (Matrix).

    Love the fight sequences that use objects. I love the car chase scences that make me feel like I have to dunk my head when some other object is flying at the screen.

    Best of luck
    Sharon

  • Violetta

    I prefer John Woo.:)))
    Also M:I-2 was the most successful one.

  • Harry Georgatos

    Bring back Brian De Palma! No one assembles shots and moves the camera better then De Palma! De Palma had the worse script out of the 3 mission films but De Palma’s direction is the best and most sophisticated out of the 3 mission films. De Palma’s directing technique is the one best suited for a truly mindbending mission movie. His directing style is super-super cool.

  • Louis Matta

    For director, it would be awesome for JJ Abrams to come back, but if he’s busy with Star Trek 2, then i suggest either Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Ultimatum) or Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor (Crank)

  • http://www.tomcruise.com natimaryluna

    Tom¡¡ john Woo o JJ Abrams

  • http://twitter.com/__doug Douglas Aparecido Dinelli

    Brian De Palma!!
    Nada melhor do que o diretor que deu inicio a esse filme de Sucesso! Parabéns Tom, e todos do elenco, sem dúvida o melhor.

  • http://www.twitter.com/UTexLex UTexLex

    What makes the M:I franchise stand apart from other action series (or any series rather) is each installment stands independently and can be viewed as a singular film as opposed to one of a series. This lack of plot connection or continuity is usually irritating in a film series, but because each M:I film is so stylistically different from the next, it works perfectly. With the exception of Tom, Ving, use of masks, & Tom being suspended inches from the floor, each film has little to nothing to do with the prior. The first film acts as a political suspense thriller, the second is a summer popcorn flick with over-the-top action, while the third film truly explores the world of double-lives of spies and espionage. Each film has had a very strong director that brings a different approach.

    The fourth installment should continue this trend of being a “different” type of film (in fact, I’d be disappointed if the fourth followed #3 stylistically). Tom has literally worked with all the best directors (Spielberg, Scorcese, De Palma, Kubrick, Crowe, Mann). Outside of Christopher Nolan who would be ideal, I’d like to see him reunited with Michael Mann who would create a very slick and violent version of a M:I picture.

    Oh, and make sure it’s titled “Mission: Impossible-4″. There’s nothing worse than adding lame subtitles or re-branding it to something like “MISSION” or “FINAL MISSION”.

  • María Carolina Guarache

    Pienso que James Cameron sería un buen director para Misión Imposible 4

  • http://www.twitter.com/Deansley Deansley

    Len Wiseman

  • http://www.twitter.com/Deansley Deansley

    No sorry! I would like to change that to Michael Bay because he has been involved with so many great films and he may have what it takes to deliver the next installment

  • hwk65

    From one extreme to another , Ang Lee or Richard Donner.
    Both have action adventure backgrounds.
    Both are respected directors.
    Both need a job, lol.

    Have a good one Tom, thanks for the Twitter follow.

    Hal

  • xatch

    I am an actor/independent film maker. Mr. Cruise your films are not only blcokbusters but have something most huge films do not, heart and intergrity. As for the director chair for the next installement had three I thought of., One being Tarantino, would love to see you two work together. Two would be catherine hardwicke, watch her films closely you’ll appreciate the talent and three would be Joss whedon, never thought of that one did ya, but understand if you were to sit and watch his films and t.v. programs you will get his genious.

  • Ricardo Matos

    Would love to see John Woo return or Tony Scott have the job, he’s the best action director around !

  • Chamara

    I think Brian De Palma is a great director but the directing of Mission Impossible II is something different and it’s got amazing visuals too. Specially even the romantic scenes in MI:2 is one of the best choreographed for action movie. And it’s music is fantastic. I think John Woo’s edition of Mission Impossible is one of a kind. Since he hasn’t done big projects like that for sometime there might be some amazing ideas hidden inside Mr. Woo’s head. I think it could blow us away with Tom Cruise.

  • http://www.tomcruise.com rob

    good question….maybe brian depalma did an amazing job. I’d like to see someone along those lines again including some more classic Mission Impossible stuff.

  • Myke

    J.J. Abrams!! Hands down!

  • james

    I would like to see Tyler Shields direct this movie HE IS THE FUTURE AND IF YOU DONT GET ON BOARD YOU WILL BE THE PAST!

  • Mayank Nagar

    John Woo for sure…….

  • http://Msn.com Robert teixeira

    #1 John woo MI2 great all around action adreneline sceens and thrill ride . And #2 jj abrams did amazing in MI 3 first full feature movie well thougt out action suspence and thrill #3 brian de palma MI1 all around tried and true there with the grates that helelcoper thru the tunnel was to amazing

  • http://www.starnow.co.uk/bhaskarpurohit Bhaskar Purohit

    Well I would love to see John Woo direct it again but if you dont want to repeat the director then maybe Guy Ritchie(sherlock Holmes, snatch) or christopher nolan(dark knight) or martin campbell(Casino Royale) or F Gary Gary(The Italian Job)…………..well it depends very much on the script………………..well its Tom Cruise so I would love to see Mr.James Cameron or Mr.Steven Speilberg direct it…….cuz thats going to be a pair

  • http://www.briandepalma.org Geoff

    I would love to see Paul Verhoeven direct the fourth film– a Verhoeven installment might actually give De Palma’s film a run for his money! Beyond that, Quentin Tarantino would be incredible, but he usually does films that he writes and originates. Which gets me to thinking– what kind of M:I film might the Coen Brothers make? I would love to find out…

  • http://spaze.info rado

    Hello, it has to be someone who knows suspense. Kathryn Bigelow immediately comes to mind. Regards.

  • http://twitter.com/milancheto milancheto

    Brian De Palma or maybe Quentin Tarantino. They making really good movies.

  • http://twitter.com/PrincipeV Emanuele Ceccacci (PrincipeV)

    Advocating a return behind the camera of John Woo, an authentic poet of the action or Brian De Palma,but I know that this is impossible …. but this is not difficult mission is mission impossible! joking aside … I would see behind the camera, as sometimes written over the pages of Twitter, which initially was to be David Fincher director of the third Mission: Impossible, the same Joe Carnahan, Paul Greengrass, Michael Mann, Steven Soderbergh, Ang Lee , Christopher Nolan (not really!) but mostly it would be really nice to see behind the camera for Kathryn Bigelow’s fourth Mission: Impossible!! I hope Tom consider my List … greetings to the staff you are lovely. By Italian Fan of Tom Cruise! : )

  • Ozlem Yazici

    jj Abrahams or John Woo

  • Marcelo Caballero

    For me Steven Spielberg, James Cameron or John Woo .

  • mathew kovacik

    I suggest quentin tarantino

  • http://rayseriderontwitter anthony tony bartolomeo

    i would to see john woo as director for your next mission impossible moving picture..and put me in it..i.m a sag member since 1996!..i can do the work!!!

  • James Bond

    Brian De Palma!

  • http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0804673/ Anthony

    ok, John Woo, he wil give it the action thriller feel with the-slow mo projectile shots…the action scenes will be exciting for sure

  • http://www.twitter.com/guesswhoisthis Amanda

    Taratino would make it a great river of blood and crazyness, I would love to see it!

  • http://twitter Mark Garcia

    I think Brian Singer would to a great job for the next M.I.
    Mark

  • Kazu

    I think …J.J. Abrams

  • Christina Sharpe

    Some good choices would be Kathryn Bigelow, The Coen Brothers, or Neill Blomkamp. They are all coming off a very successful year. Not James Cameron.

  • http://www.tomcruise.com natimaryluna

    John Woo o JJ Abrams ,uno de ellos podria ser el director de MI4

  • Catia

    I’d like to MI:4 J.J.Abrams. Kisses !!!

  • Michelle

    James Cameron

  • Armando

    Yeah,i loove uu so much tom!and i cn’t wait 4 the next m:i4.i think i can choose j.j abrams for next director for m:i4.thx u

  • Marcelo Caballero

    For me Steven Spielberg or John Woo .

  • Stephanie DeMartino

    Paul Greengrass. He was superb in the Bourne series. Love those movies. I don’t see Matt Damon when I watch them. I see Jason Bourne that’s how good of a job this Director did in making me believe the story. :)

  • Julie Ann

    Woody Allen…OK, that’s my comedy for the day. (I’m on a diet)
    seriously tho,
    Luc Besson…[5th Element]
    ya…loved that movie.

  • Tian

    By sheer chance I watched EMILIO ESTEVEZ’s movie BOBBY for the first time last night. Mr Cruise the level of commitment, dedication and passion that Emilio Estevez brought to that movie. And the fact that he wrote and also directed it. I firmly believe he should direct you in MI:4. I believe this would be a brilliant creative collaboration between the two of you. As well as the personal fact that he is also linked to the franchise by starring with you in the first Mission Impossible movie!
    If he was to bring the meticulous attention to detail present in BOBBY to MI:4. Then you are sure to have a worldwide box office blockbuster. The performances he interwove and encouraged in that movie including that of Anthony Hopkins were masterful.
    Demi Moore said of working with him on BOBBY “He is an incredibly generous director. He’s NOT precious about his own words. He has an ability to give you room as an actor to be creative. And yet hold the strength of his vision”.
    BOBBY had the most amazing End Closing Credits sequence I have ever seen captured on a bio pic~EVER!
    I hope you have been quietly considering him! Perhaps Emilio could capture onscreen something in the life of Ethan Hunt that no director has yet managed! And something worldwide audiences would be drawn to and respond to.
    AND if by chance you don’t go with Emilio Estevez than I would be looking at whomever is the director of the British Spy Series SPOOKS. Because cinematographically and storyline wise they are brilliant at building suspense and intrigue also. And would come from a TV backround like J.J.Abrams did if that is your preference.

  • Deepa

    Tom, John Woo would be the best choice for MI IV…MI II rocked..we at India enjoyed this movie time and again for its gripping scenes, action, direction and screenplay!!..loved you in it Tom…and another thing…I loved you as Maverick in Top Gun…you must come back again with a Sequel as Lt Pete Mitchell…please consider this..:))

  • Annabelle

    JJ Abrams! Nevertheless, i’ll watch any film Tom Cruise is in :)

  • Cally

    Brian de Palma, John Woo, Donald Bellisario or Alan J. Levi.

  • http://www.smilebysanjoseorthodontist.com Stephen Yao

    How about Paul Greengrass? I liked his Bourne movies

  • Ding

    It’s no doubt James Cameron, Steven Spielberg, Michael Bay, Christopher Nolan, Michael Mann, Wachowskis, Coen Brothers, Tarantino can handle this project so easily, but i think it’s really mission immpossible. I like Paul Greengrass’s The Bourne Ultimatum, but it’s alos seems impossible. As your bigest fan from China, Tom, I suggest you to consider another HK director, Corey Yuen(Transpoter, 2002), Jet Li’s most work parner.

  • http://quicksilverfunsugar.today.com quicksilverfunsugar

    There’s something near ethereal w/ angle and picture when [this Director] steps behind the lens. Imagery and pretty picture (with shades of ‘grit’). – Casting Ballot for Dir., Brian De Palma.

  • Stephan
  • Chad

    Wolfgang Peterson

  • Cornelia

    J.J.Abrams again. He did a great Job at MI 3.

  • Pedro White

    Uh! Louis Terrier, the man is great, not sure if he’d be available, but the man is good would work nicely with MI

  • http://twitter.com/Star_light_2010 Jamie Paone

    My Director vote goes for…The Wachowski brothers.

  • Michelle Dale

    Adrian Paul – check out the work he did on the Highlander episodes (which looked far more like movies than television) and the comments on his work by his fellow actors – can’t help but be impressed. Adrian Paul in the MI director’s chair would be a symbiotic relationship made in movie heaven!

  • http://MyGlobalB2B.com Charlie

    Michael Mann

  • Shelby

    Film directors to consider for MI IV: Quentin Tarantino, Paul Greengrass and Michael Bay. Or anyone Tom chooses would be great!
    Good luck!

  • Paul Villamil

    I think Michael Bay would do a great job, especially with location type shoots and special effects, MI films should have varied locations throughout the world keeps it exciting to see new places

  • joey percival

    How bout
    Chris Nolan
    Renny Harlin
    John McTiernan

  • Candy Castle

    For me, Mission Impossible kicked out with a bang! Brian De Palma and Tom Cruise, hands down. For a reinterpretation of the series, I would love to see De Palma come back. Not saying Woo and JJ did a bad job, but De Palma is something different. If it doesn’t work out, why not work with a foreigner? Tom Tykwer, Paul Verhoeven or Erik Van Looy?

  • Bill Hays

    Bigelow

    Patrick Dempsey or Jerry Seinfeld as villains, because they drive
    Porsches and Seinfeld has his own Monticeto race track.

  • KathyJ

    Adrian Paul — He was born to direct. He notices all those details, yet has a vision, and sees the big picture. Plenty of imagination, balanced with experience of getting the shots done, whatever it takes NOW. I particularly respond to the depth of understanding he has worked with the actors and the symmetry within the scenes. Very collaborative, but be prepared to convince. Reference “Highlander: The Series” — Homeland and Comes A Horseman episodes.

  • Margie Devlin

    I would love to see Clint Eastwood direct the next MI IV

  • http://www.filmmusic.pl Pawel Stroinski

    Ridley Scott.

    And get Hans Zimmer to score it again.

  • Frank Blakely

    Quentin Tarantino
    co-starring Uma Thurman.

  • Duarte Nuno Silva

    John Woo!!!!

  • Terry

    I watched the movie Green Zone last night and my vote would have to go to PAUL GREENGRASS. The director whom also directed both The Bourne Supremecy and The Bourne Ultimatum. Watching Green Zone last night was action packed, edge of your seat from beginning to end – always on the go fot the thriller genre’! I think he’d be a terrific edition to the Mission Impossible Franchise Directors.

  • erezi

    i really would like to see john woo come back as director…mission impossible II is the best installment ever and i would like to see more of same action in mission impossible IV and this can only be achieved by john woo as director.

  • http://davecamuk@twitter.com David

    MI3 was great so am torn towards JJ but i thinks Terry may have a point with Paul Greengrass

  • Morgan

    I’d suggest Martin Campbell. He did a good job with the Bond films GoldenEye and Casino Royale, and also The Mask Of Zorro.

  • Deepa

    John Woo..no second thoughts!

  • Jan

    Scott Ziehl. He does gripping action sequences and daring stunts that have become trademarks of his films.

  • http://www.themerkaz.org/ cialis acheter

    Chez moi la situation semblable. Nous examinerons.

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