Mission: Impossible III
2006 film by J. J. Abrams / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mission: Impossible III is a 2006 American action spy movie directed by first-time director J. J. Abrams and is the third movie in the Mission: Impossible series. It stars Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ving Rhames, Billy Crudup, Michelle Monaghan, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Keri Russell, Maggie Q, Simon Pegg, Eddie Marsan and Laurence Fishburne. The movie was distributed by Paramount Pictures.
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Directed by | J. J. Abrams |
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Based on | Mission: Impossible by Bruce Geller |
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Cinematography | Dan Mindel |
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Music by | Michael Giacchino |
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Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 126 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $150–186 million[2][3] |
Box office | $398.5 million[4] |
The movie had several changes in directors. The development for a third Mission: Impossible movie started in 2002, with David Fincher being the intended director. He left due to creative differences. His replacement, Joe Carnahan, also left the movie production in July 2004 due to the same reason. Abrams was hired months later after he was approached by Cruise, who wanted him to direct the movie as he was a fan of Abrams' Alias (2001–2006). However, this caused the movie to be further delayed due to Abrams' contract obligations for Alias and Lost (2006–2010), which resulted in potential cast additions such as Kenneth Branagh, Carrie-Anne Moss and Scarlett Johansson to leave. Principal photography began in July 2005 and ended in October. Filming locations include Shanghai, Berlin, Rome, Los Angeles, and the Vatican City.
Mission: Impossible III premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 26, 2006, and was released in the United States on May 5. The sequel, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, was released in 2011.