Mission: Impossible III

***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.

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. 

## Cast
* Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt, an agent of the Impossible Missions Force (IMF) and protagonist of the movie.
* Ving Rhames as Luther Stickell, a computer hacker and IMF agent.
* Philip Seymour Hoffman as Owen Davian, an arms dealer who looks for the Rabbit's Foot.
* Michelle Monaghan as Julia Meade, Ethan's fiancée and a nurse.
* Maggie Q as Zhen Lei, an IMF Agent who assists Ethan at the Vatican and Shanghai.
* Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Declan Gormley, an IMF Agent who assists Ethan at Vatican & Shanghai.
* Billy Crudup as John Musgrave, the IMF Assistant Director who recruits Ethan to find Farris, later to be found working with Davian
* Keri Russell as Lindsey Farris, an IMF agent held captive in Berlin.
* Simon Pegg as Benjamin "Benji" Dunn, an IMF agent and technician.
* Laurence Fishburne as Theodore Brassel, the IMF Director who recruits Ethan to find Davian.
* Bahar Soomekh as Davian's translator
* Jeff Chase as Davian's bodyguard
* Michael Berry Jr. as Julia's kidnapper
* Eddie Marsan as Brownway
* Bellamy Young as Rachael
* Carla Gallo as Beth
* Greg Grunberg as Kevin
* Rose Rollins as Ellie
* Sasha Alexander as Melissa Meade
* Aaron Paul as Rick Meade

## Production
### Development
In 2002, director David Fincher was supposed to direct the next movie of the *Mission: Impossible* series. It was intended to be released in the summer of 2004. Fincher eventually dropped out because he wanted to focus on *Lord of Dogtown* (2005). Joe Carnahan was chosen to replace Fincher, and worked on developing the movie for fifteen months. Under Carnahan's direction, the movie would have featured "Kenneth Branagh playing a guy who's based on Timothy McVeigh," as well as Carrie-Anne Moss and Scarlett Johansson in other roles. 

Carnahan quit in July 2004 due to a dispute over the movie's tone. On June 8, 2005, the movie was given the green light by Paramount Pictures after a new cast of actors was hired and the movie's budget was redeveloped, and Cruise took a major pay cut. On Metacritic, the movie has a score of 66 out of 100 based on 42 critic reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

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