Tag Archives: John Woo
Mission Impossible II Makes List of Top 10 John Woo Movies!
In anticipation of the upcoming Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, fans and bloggers point their attention to the earlier films in the series and the collaborators Tom Cruise worked with in making them. As such, the writers from Japan Cinema noticed the work of action auteur John Woo on Mission Impossible II, naming it to the upper tier in a list …
Mission Impossible 2 Director John Woo Honored at Venice Film Festival!
Movie maestro John Woo, Tom Cruise’s director in Mission Impossible 2, was recently honored by the Venice Film Festival! The legendary director was awarded the prestigious Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement from the vaunted assembly of film arbiters for his oeuvre of highly stylized and action-filled films that have changed the language of cinema. Among the highest honors awarded by …
Who Would YOU Like to See as Director of Mission: Impossible IV?
From the Official www.TomCruise.com Blog: 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 …
J.J. Abrams Says Producing, Probably NOT Directing Mission: Impossible IV
J.J. Abrams is on a roll! After creating hit TV shows “Alias” and “Lost,” he took a seat in the director’s chair for Tom Cruise’s ‘Mission: Impossible III‘ and has been going strong ever since (‘Cloverfield,’ ‘Star Trek,’ you get the idea). And now, the ‘Mission: Impossible IV’ movie is underway, with Abrams and Cruise producing, and “Alias” alum Josh …
Tom Cruise Photo: John Woo
Tomcruise.com added new, exclusive black-and-white photos to the mix that show Tom with filmmakers he’s worked with in the past. One of those pictures is of director John Woo, the man behind the box office hit ‘Mission: Impossible II.’ John Woo grew up in Hong Kong, starting out his film career for Shaw Brothers Studios as an assistant director. In …
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