Simply final week, we discovered that Mission: Not possible collaborators (and associates/working companions) Tom Cruise and Christopher McQuarrie had been trying to carry on collaborating on a future motion film that author/director McQuarrie described as “even gnarlier” than their Mission work. In line with Deadline, their plans transcend that, encompassing a want to make a film musical and one thing round Cruise’s Tropic Thunder studio govt Les Grossman.

The pair is just within the very early phases of contemplating the brand new motion pictures — clearly, their focus is at the moment on ending the following two Mission: Not possible motion pictures, Lifeless Reckoning Half One and Half Two, due summer season subsequent yr and 2014 – nevertheless it already sounds fascinating.

Naturally, they’re hoping that the motion film is the fuse that lights one other franchise, whereas the musical can be a song-and-dance affair for Cruise to point out off his expertise on that entrance (he sang for Rock Of Ages, let’s not neglect). Plans for Grossman are far more nebulous, and there is no information as as to if he’ll get his personal film or if he’ll present up in one of many others. He is definitely obtained some strikes of his personal…

And earlier than anything following their present Mission task, there’s the movie Cruise needs to shoot in area with Doug Liman directing and McQuarrie producing. We’ll see if that one takes off…