Hopkins/Cruise On A Mission

Fresh from his roles in The Mask Of Zorro and Meet Joe Black, Academy Award winner Sir Anthony Hopkins, is set to star opposite Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible 2. Directed by action-God John Woo, Hopkins is in line to play Cruise's boss, a role that Ian McKellen had also previously been in the running for. Produced by Cruise and Paula Wagner's C/W Prods. for Paramount Pictures, the sequel to 1996's Mission: Impossible is now shooting in Australia. Starring alongside the veterans will be the huge screen presence of Ving Rhames, Thandie Newton and Dougray Scott.