A few weeks ago, it was reported that Christopher McQuarrie, director of The Way of the Gun, Jack Reacher and Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, was being courted by Paramount to write and direct the sixth installement in the spy movie franchise. Now McQuarrie himself has confirmed he’s now on board the project through a simple message on his official Twitter:
Mission: Accepted
#MI6
— ChristopherMcQuarrie (@chrismcquarrie) November 30, 2015
This would make McQuarrie the first director to helm more than one Mission: Impossible film, with previous installments being handled by such filmmakers as Brian De Palma, John Woo, JJ Abrams and Brad Bird. Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation arrived in cinemas this past July and made $682 million worldwide; it currently stands as the seventh highest grossing film of the year. No release date has been set for Mission: Impossible VI as of yet, but star and producer Tom Cruise has suggested that filming could commence as early as August next year.
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