David Fincher on Mission: Impossible 3?

By Jack April 17, 2002 11:06 AM

(Guardian) - Fresh from his success with The Panic Room, David Fincher looks set to direct the third Mission: Impossible outing later this year, with Tom Cruise again in the leading role.

Cruise is believed to have instrumental in securing Fincher for the job, having been impressed by the director's technical prowess and distinctive visual panache. The Paramount production is tentatively slated as the studio's big release in the summer of 2004.

Details of the script remain under wraps. But speaking in London during promotional work for The Panic Room, Fincher described the central concept as "a really cool idea, really violent." Fincher, of course, is no stranger to screen violence, having already put audiences through the mill with his anguished serial-killer thriller Seven and the bare-knuckle assaults of 1999's Fight Club.

What's more surprising is why Fincher would sign on to direct a sequel to a major studio franchise after suffering such a painful time on his first movie, Alien 3. Having seen his original vision compromised, he later swore never to direct another sequel for a major studio. Now he seems more philosophical. "You can never make exactly the movie you want to make," he admits. "But if [Paramount] let us do even half of what we want, it should make for a pretty interesting film."

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Posted by Submissive-Girl (S&M@eureka.com) on April 17, 2002 11:18 AM

Those are sexy movies, I hope it's more like the first than the second. Number 1 was a great movie!

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Posted by Daredevil (DD@marvelcomics.com) on April 17, 2002 1:02 PM

I concur

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Posted by Skullfire (hulacete@ubbi.com) on April 17, 2002 2:09 PM

The question should be: Mission Impossible 3?

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Posted by power-trip (powertripz@hotmail.com) on April 17, 2002 11:59 PM

More like: "Which Cruise hairstyle showcased in MI3 is next?"

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on April 18, 2002 2:09 AM

Cruise is a fag.  He needs to stop making movies because he acts like the same putz in all his movies, no talent, just over act and get paid.

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on April 18, 2002 4:04 AM

M:I-3 will be the third movie in the series.

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Posted by Skullfire (hulacete@ubbi.com) on April 18, 2002 7:29 PM

Oh... That explains the past two movies and the three in the title...

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on April 19, 2002 3:14 AM

If they made another one after M:I-3 then it might be called M:I-4.

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Posted by Skullfire (hulacete@ubbi.com) on April 19, 2002 6:26 PM

Damn!

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on April 22, 2002 2:40 AM

I also think that the reason with it's called Mission: Impossible is beacuse in the original TV series their mission always seemed impossible. Then when the made the second movie they decided to shorten it to M:I-2. I not stating the blatently obvious am I?

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Posted by Skullfire (hulacete@ubbi.com) on April 22, 2002 12:24 PM

I.L.(ick for)M.(oney).

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Posted by Skullfire (hulacete@ubbi.com) on April 22, 2002 12:30 PM

Sorry for that. What I wanna say is that the only resemblance with series is Lalo Schifrin's music. I'll dye Cruise's hair to white for the next one.

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on April 23, 2002 4:24 AM

It's a movie about spies and stuff.

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Posted by Skullfire (hulacete@ubbi.com) on April 23, 2002 9:50 AM

And not the best in his genre.