Mission: Impossible 5 finds a new screenwriter
Mission: Impossible 5 currently has an Academy Award winning screenwriter sitting at its helm, as Christopher McQuarrie has been hired by Paramount Pictures and Skydance to direct Tom Cruise's next adventure as super spy Ethan Hunt, but sadly he won't be the one holding the pen for the project. Instead, the two studios - along with Cruise's production company - have now hired cinema-newcomer Will Staples to write the film's script.
As The Hollywood Reporter mentions in their story, Iron Man 3 co-writer Drew Pearce was the first screenwriter to come aboard the project, having been hired last May, but that was back before McQuarrie signed on as Mission: Impossible 5's director. It's unclear if Staples is being brought on to simply rewrite the screenplay they've been developing, or if he will be starting from scratch and bringing his own originality to the mix. Instead, the trade report simply says that he's been hired "to work on the script."
Currently scheduled to head into theatres on Christmas Day next year, Mission: Impossible 5 will definitely be bringing back Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt, and if the end of Ghost Protocol can be believed we will also see the return of Jeremy Renner, Paula Patton and Simon Pegg and perhaps, Ving Rhames.
