Jack Reacher Director to Helm M:I5?

Following his collaboration with Tom Cruise on Jack Reacher, Christopher McQuarrie is now poised to direct Mission: Impossible 5 for Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions.

Deadline reports that M:I5 is a big priority at the studio, especially after the success of Brad Bird's Mission: Impossible 4. After working with Cruise on Valkyrie, writer-director McQuarrie has had at least some involvement in the actor's work, from All You Need is Kill and Ghost Protocol (uncredited) to the now in limbo Top Gun 2. Although the studios will want to hire writers before officially striking a deal, McQuarrie is Cruise and producer J.J. Abrams' top pick to helm M:I5.

Currently, Paramount and Skydace have McQuarrie set to direct Tom Clancy's Without Remorse. Meanwhile, Jack Reacher is scheduled to hit theaters on December 21.

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Source : ign[dot]com

Taken Director Takes The Hitman's Bodyguard

Pierre Morrel (Taken) is currently in negotiations to direct The Hitman's Bodyguard, a new action film from David Ellison's Skydance Productions.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, financing is expected to go through Paramount. Tom O'Connor (Fire with Fire) has written the screenplay, which centers on "a protection agent who is forced to escort to the Hague a hitman awaiting his chance to testify against a war criminal and ex-head of state of an Eastern European country."

Morrel was previously attached to helm Bastille Day for Vendome Pictures and Anonymous Content, but the director has since passed on the project.

Source : ign[dot]com