Simon Pegg has described Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol as a 'rebirth' for the franchise.
Pegg is set to take on the role of Benji Dunn in the Brad Bird directed movie, which sees Tom Cruise return to the role of Ethan Hunt.
but Pegg believes that the new blood behind the camera means that this is not just another mindless sequel.
Speaking to Screen Crave the actor said: "When a film goes into number four you're like, 'Isn't this just like flogging a dead horse now?'
"But what they've done is they've brought in a director [Brad Bird] who's never done live action before but who's had a 100% hit rate for his previous movies," said Pegg.
"It's a rebirth for the series. In the same way with what they've done with Spider-Man. I feel like it's a reinvigoration of this particular story.
"It was a series when it was on TV, so it's a story that can have so many iterations. There are so many adventures to get into with this team of impossible mission fighters."
Jeremy Renner, Josh Holloway and Paula Patton are all on the cast list.
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol is released 16th December.
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