Last week the hunt for someone to star alongside Tom Cruise in the fourth Mission: Impossible film seemed to come to an end, with Jeremy Renner cast as an operative who will potentially take over the franchise from the Cruiser after this flick, and now they’ve also landed themselves a female lead.
While Lauren German and Kristen Kreuk were also in the mix, in the end Deadline says they’ve gone with Paula Patton, who will play a female agent who works alongside Cruise’s Ethan Hunt.
There’s still no more news on the plot, although one thing we do now know for definite is that it won’t be called Mission: Impossible IV. Before Cruise signed on, Paramount was already thinking about rebooting the franchise, and while initially Tom’s involvement meant they were happy for it to just be a continuation, worries over his box office clout have caused them to want something more transitional, with Cruise bowing out after this one, but everything set up for more M:I movies. As yet though, there no word on what it will be called.