Alec Baldwin In Talks For ‘Mission: Impossible 5’ [Updated]
Mission: Impossible 5will be bringing several familiar faces back to the screen, includingTom Cruise,Jeremy Renner, andSimon Pegg.Naturally, it will introduce some new names as well. One of those will beAlec Baldwin, who’s now in talks to join theChris McQuarrie-directed film.
(Update:Rebecca FergusonofThe White Queenis alsoreportedlylikely to join the film as the female lead, who is an assassin of some sort.)
And that’s not all for Baldwin. He’s also negotiating to joinWill Smithin the NFL concussion drama directed byPeter Landesman,andhe’s developing a new cable TV series in which he’ll play a Rob Ford-like figure. Hit the jump for more details on all the new projects.
Mission: Impossible 5will star Baldwin as a high-ranking CIA officer overseeing Ethan Hunt’s division.Varietylikens the character to the one played by Laurence Fishburne inMission: Impossible III.
Baldwin is the first new actor to board the sequel.Jessica Chastainwasrumoredfor the female lead a while back but has since turned down the job. Ferguson is reportedly eyed for the film because she has “the type of athletic look” required for the part, and can ably fill the role for which Chastain was courted. Paramount has the film scheduled to openDecember 25, 2015.
Moving along, Landesman’s untitled drama is based onthe 2009GQarticleGame BrainbyJeanne Marie Laskas. Smithwill playa doctor who discovers the link between American football and long-term head injuries. Baldwin’s part has not been revealed.
Finally, Baldwin is also working on an untitled TV show, about a fictional New York City mayor modeled after real Toronto mayorRob Ford— you know, the one who got in trouble for smoking crack among other things.
NBC Productions is making the series with Baldwin, but it likely won’t actually air on NBC. Instead, it’s being envisioned as an “edgy” one-hour cable series.Wells Toweris writing the pilot and Baldwin is executive producing alongsideCary Brokaw.
Last year, Baldwin wrapped his longtime role on NBC’s30 Rockand had a supporting part inBlue Jasmine. His upcoming roles include Cameron Crowe’s untitled romance and a Howard Hughes movie directed by Warren Beatty.
