Early reports are coming in that point to movie studio Paramount adopting a "wait and see" approach when it comes to the funding of "Mission Impossible 4". Despite recent news that pointed to Brad Bird (The Incredibles, Iron Giant, Ratouille) directing the upcoming feature. Rumors are now popping up that say the studio is waiting to see how new release "Knight and Day" does at the box office as to whether or not they will end up funding a fourth Mission Impossible adventure. "Knight and Day" features Tom Cruise as an action hero that appears to be very similar to his character from the "Mission Impossible" series. Which makes this seem like a pretty smart idea by Paramount. If "Knight and Day" does well, clearly audiences want Cruise. If it bombs, clearly audiences don't want Cruise. Pretty simple really. Paramount is in kind of a "win-win" situation right here. If "Knight and Day" ends up becoming a huge blockbuster Paramount wins because one, audiences clearly desire more Cruise and two, MI4 would also benefit from it's being an already established franchise. Those two factors taken into account lead to...MOOLAH. Now, if "Knight and Day" ends up bombing at the box office it doesn't hurt Paramount at all because "Knight and Day" is after all a 20th Century Fox Production. Paramount can laugh at 20th Century Fox's misfortune and move forward on something that actually makes money.
What will end up happening? Well, that's up to the reader of this blog post. You want "MI4"? Then go see "Knight and Day". You hate Cruise? Well....then don't go see "Knight and Day" and laugh at Cruise's career down spiraling into an abyss of meaningless. The choice is yours....
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