De Palma Woos Abrams' Bird?

One of my favorite directors, Brad Bird (based on just 2 great movies and another decent one, but what amazing movies they were!!), is now going to direct Mission: Impossible IV. I don't know what to think. Perhaps that it can only be good for M:I franchise and give them their best movie? After all, this is exactly the situation we were in when it was announced that Christopher Nolan will take on Batman reboot project; and see what HE did there!

There's still a little disappointment because his dream project 1906 seems to be on hold forever. But perhaps directing an M:I movie will help him get the enormous funding he needs for 1906. We'll see how things turn out next year.

news via empireonline.