Tom Cruise Confirms Brad Bird for M:I4

No sooner had Paramount locked in Mission: Impossible 4 for a December 2011 release date than Tom Cruise officially confirmed Oscar-winning Pixar alum Brad Bird as the film's director. "[W]e're working with Brad right now," Cruise told Empire, acknowledging Edgar Wright's own candidacy on the franchise short list. "I don't know if I'm allowed to talk about it but everything's signed... Brad is doing it." [Empire]