Josh Holloway Joins Fourth ‘Mission: Impossible’
We’re not trying to overwhelm you with bits and bites about the production of the fourthMission: Impossiblefilm; it just happens today that there have been a couple new pieces of info that were spaced just far enough apart.
In addition to the report of the film shooting soon in Dubai, we know now thatJosh Hollowaywill be part of the cast, as a member of the Impossible Mission Force, which also countsTom CruiseandJeremy Renneras members.
No other details on Holloway’s role are available; the script is being kept quite well wrapped up so far. Details on the rest of the film are thin, too.Brad Birdis directing from a script byAndre NemecandJosh Appelbaum, who concocted the story withJ.J. Abrams, who is also producing. In addition to locations in Dubai, the film will shoot in Prague and Vancouver.
Tom Cruise returns as Ethan Hunt, a key member of the Impossible Mission Force. Jeremy Renner is on board as another IMF agent, and a possible characterto carry the series forward.Paula Pattonisanother agent, and Ving Rhames and Simon Pegg return in supporting roles as IMF team members. Vladimir Mashkov is aRussian agent, andMichael Nyqvist(The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo) is thechief villain.
This will be Holloway’s first major feature film role, and his first project booked since the conclusion ofLostearlier this year. The actor has made small appearances in a few minor features, but thanks toLost’s shooting schedule in Hawaii, he was seen almost exclusively on Lost since the show debuted in 2004. We knew he’d show up in a big studio picture sooner or later, and this casting news comes as no surprise. (The J.J. Abrams connection is at work, once again.)
