Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (also known as Mission: Impossible IV) is an upcoming spy film, and the fourth film in the Mission: Impossible series. It stars Tom Cruise, who reprises his role of IMF Agent Ethan Hunt, and is director Brad Bird's first live-action film.[1] Ghost Protocol was written by André Nemec, Josh Appelbaum, and produced by Cruise, J. J. Abrams (director of the third film) and Bryan Burk.
Following the world premiere in Dubai on December 7th, the film will have preview runs in IMAX and other select theaters in the United States from December 16, 2011, with general release on December 21, 2011. It is the first Mission Impossible film not produced by Paula Wagner, and the first to be partially filmed using IMAX cameras.