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:
And then there’s this: “Tom Cruise hangs from world’s tallest building“.
Tom Cruise risked his life performing stunts for “Mission: Impossible 4″ in Dubai over the weekend: the star, 48, dangled almost 2,717 feet in the air near the top of skyscraper Burj Kahlifa, the tallest building in the world.
It’ll be interesting to see this flick, directed, of course, by the guy who did The Incredibles and Iron Giant (yes, I’m serious).
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.
Is Justin Timberlake flipping us off in the new trailer for “The Social Network“?
Looks like a double middle finger to me.
I kind of can’t believe the MPAA allowed that!
Ha!
Star Wars Weekends kickoff tomorrow at Disney’s Hollywood Studios (formerly Disney-MGM Studios).
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.
