Tom Cruise was confirmed to reprise his role as Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol.
Paramount Pictures officially announced the production of Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol as the fourth installment of the franchise.
Tom Cruise performed his own stunts on the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, creating some of the film's most iconic scenes.
Editing, visual effects, and sound design were finalized for Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol.
The IMF is framed for bombing the Kremlin, leading to the entire IMF being shut down and disavowed.
Ethan Hunt and new team members Jane Carter and Benji Dunn are brought together by IMF analyst William Brandt to undertake a covert mission to clear the IMF's name.
Ethan and team infiltrate the Burj Khalifa skyscraper in Dubai to retrieve secret codes from the Kremlin's vault.
Team tracks down antagonist Kurt Hendricks in Prague and gathers critical intelligence.
It is discovered that Hendricks intends to trigger a nuclear war by launching a Russian missile from a covert platform.
Team works to prevent Hendricks from successfully launching the nuclear missile, climaxing in a confrontation on a mobile launch platform in the Mumbai harbor.
Ethan Hunt clears the IMF's name, stopping Hendricks and preventing global nuclear catastrophe. IMF is reinstated.