I called it back in December of 2006 that either James Bond #22 or #23 or Mission: Impossible 4 would take place in part in Dubai (see James Bond in Dubai).
Today the trailer for the latter was released, and here’s Tom Cruise base-jumping from the Burj Khalifa:
Oh yeah: “‘Mission Impossible’ filming starts in Dubai soon“.
Reminds me of a statement I made four years ago (see James Bond in Dubai):
I bet you that at some point in the next two James Bond movies (#22 or #23) James Bond will visit to Dubai.
Now, maybe he won’t be cruising down Sheikh Zayed Road in some crazy-fancy car, or swinging from a crane onto one of the Emirates Towers, or ski racing the bad guys at Ski Dubai, but I could see him cruising around the Palm Jumeirah in some huge yacht. Maybe having a meeting (and drinks, if they have a bar?) at the Burj al-Arab hotel, too.
I know James Bond is a snobby south of France / Bahamas kind of guy, but Dubai is getting pretty big and pretty global.
Just a thought.
*If I’m wrong on this, maybe Dubai will feature in the next Mission: Impossible movie instead, which I hope they make with Brad Pitt instead of Tom “Crazypants” Cruise.
Bond #23 might be “suspended indefinitely” but damn was I right about Mission: Impossible 4.
Well, not the Brad Pitt part, but the Dubai part.
Josh finally lives in Maine again
after four years at Boston University, a stint in Southern California with
Walt Disney Feature Animation,
and two years in Dubai, UAE,
where he created and wrote
Newlywed in Dubai.
