Celebrity Gossip Report

Tom Cruise will star as Ethan Hunt in Mission Impossible IV, it has been confirmed.

The Hollywood heartthrob and JJ Abrams have been on board to produce the next in instalment of the Mission Impossible franchise for some time, but Paramount has now announced Tom will star in the movie as well.

Vice chairman Rob Moore told The Hollywood Reporter: "We are absolutely excited about having Tom Cruise star in this movie."

JJ Abrams said: "We're working on Mission IV and we have a really cool idea that we're playing with and I'm looking forward to that coming to pass"

Brad Bird will direct!