Podcast | Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011) and Pixar’s Newt (abandoned)

by Simon Brew |
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When Tom Cruise’s future in the Mission: Impossible saga was thrown into doubt, and when Pixar announced a movie – and then abandoned it.

The future of the Mission: Impossible movies was up in the air after the third film, with Paramount Pictures and Tom Cruise parting ways. It took some bridge building to get a fourth movie going, and even then, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol would bring with it changes. Plus, a contingency plan to replace Tom Cruise as the figurehead of the franchise going forward…

Pixar meanwhile, around the same time, was working on an animated movie called Newt, that to this day remains the only time it announced a film, and then abandoned it.

Both stories are told in this episode…

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