Mission Impossible 4: Ghost Protocol - Movie Trailer 2: Paramount Pictures has released the full-length trailer for director Brad Bird's December sequel Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol. Tom Cruise returns as Ethan Hunt for this all-new adventure. Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol comes to theaters December 21st, 2011 and stars Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Jeremy Renner, Josh Holloway, Paula Patton, Simon Pegg, Vladimir Mashkov, Michael Nyqvist. The film is directed by Brad Bird.