When Tom Cruise adapted the Mission: Impossible television series for the screen in the mid-’90s, he made an interesting decision: Instead of branding the spy franchise himself, he would let different directors customize each installment according to their unique strengths and visions. Following three distinct Mission: Impossible takes from Brian De Palma, John Woo and J.J. Abrams, Academy Award-winning filmmaker Brad Bird — who, before Ghost Protocol , had never helmed a live action feature — stepped up to the plate for the fourth M:I installment.
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Brad Bird on Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, Evolving From Animation and Tom Cruise’s Fearlessness
