Brad Bird Officially Directing Mission Impossible 4!

We've gotten quite a bit of Abrams news in the past week, and this should be a pretty good cap-off for the recent events. Brad Bird (The Incredibles, Ratatouille) has been confirmed to direct Mission Impossible 4, from a story forged by J.J. Abrams and Tom Cruise. While it may not be the 1906 that everybody's been hoping for, it's a solid step in that direction. Brad Bird has delivered some of the most amazing action films already, but for some reason animated films don't count.

If Bird gets this right, which he will, then there shouldn't be any doubt in his directing ability anymore. Plus this means that, along with Super 8, we will get two new Michael Giacchino scores next year. Today is a good day.