Opening Weekend Box-Office
'M:I3' Cruises to Modest Box Office Win
Paramount's "Mission: Impossible III" debuted with $48.025 million, a solid opening yet well below industry expectations and almost $10 million lower than the franchise's previous installment, according to studio estimates Sunday. Read More
INFORMATION
"M:i:III", the third installment in the successful "Mission: Impossible" series, will feature Tom Cruise reprising his role as Special Agent Ethan Hunt.
Tom Cruise returns as Special Agent Ethan Hunt, who faces the mission of his life in "Mission: Impossible: III." Director J.J. Abrams ("Lost," "Alias") brings his unique blend of action and drama to the billion-dollar franchise.
CAST & CREW
EXCLUSIVE
1966-2006 Mission Impossible in Time Tunnel
September 17, 1966, Pilot for Mission: Impossible airs. Team leader is Dan Briggs, played by Steven Hill.
What do you think of Cruise's baby Suri?
Suri, the name chosen by Hollywood couple Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes for their newborn daughter, is raising more than its share of interest in Israel. It means "get out of here" in the local language, Hebrew. More Suri News
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TOTAL FILM ARTICLE
This Time It's Personal
It almost never happened. The fuse had been lit twice - and then extinguished. Directors and writers had come and gone and a TV brand Tom Cruise had turned into a formidable film franchise was slowly losing its cool.
Bumped and then bumped again from its release date, M:I:III appeared to have been replaced in Cruise's affections by any callaboration with Steven Spielberg (his War Of The Worlds replaced it as Paramount's summer 2005 tentpole). Mission: Impossible was living up to its name. Then Cruise met JJ Abrams. Read Full Article
INTERVIEWS
Michelle Monaghan Interview
Like many millions of others all over the world, Michelle Monaghan is a Tom Cruise fan. Ask her to name a favourite film and she reels off a list of movies which have become part of modern day culture.
Does that list include the first Mission: Impossible, you wonder? Released ten years ago, Cruise played Ethan Hunt the secret agent with all the odds stacked against him who battles to survive in an increasingly hostile world.
The first film was released in 1996, a box office success which also won much critical acclaim. At that time, Michelle was still as college and remembers going to see the movie with a former sweetheart.
After a painful childhood, Tom Cruise now believes…
Tom Cruise, 43, has had a very difficult year. Although he has long contended with public skepticism of everything from his Scientology beliefs to the state of his marriages, the current media storm is intense... Full Interview
J.J. Abrams Interview
"I wanted to be there and do anything. Just being there."
Filming Mission: Impossible III provided first time film director J.J. Abrams with the ultimate creative challenge of his remarkable career. And he loved every minute of it.
When you meet Abrams - and read up on his impressive CV - it's easy to see why Tom Cruise, who stars as secret agent Ethan Hunt and produces the film, choose J.J. to take charge of such a huge blockbuster - even though it was the first time that the creator of smash hit shows Alias and Lost had directed a feature. Full Interview
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INTERVIEWS
Filming Mission: Impossible III provided first time film director J.J. Abrams with the ultimate creative challenge of his remarkable career. And he loved every minute of it.
Tom Cruise and JJ Abrams talks in Shanghai.
New International M:i:III Poster
In the action-thriller, directed by J.J. Abrams Lost, Alias), Tom Cruise returns as Special Agent Ethan Hunt, who faces the mission of his life.
You can view this international poster and more photos here.
MEDIA
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