Josh Holloway boards 'Mission: Impossible'

Josh Holloway has boarded the cast of the latest Mission: Impossible movie.

The Lost star will play a member to the Impossible Mission Force led by Tom Cruise's Ethan Hunt, says The Hollywood Reporter.

Director Brad Bird is at the helm of the fourth franchise instalment, rumoured to be titled The Mission, while returning cast-members Ving Rhames and Simon Pegg will be joined by newcomers Jeremy Renner, Paula Patton and Vladimir Mashkov.

Cruise, Paula Wagner and J.J. Abrams are producing the blockbuster, which will shoot in Vancouver, Prague and Dubai this autumn to make a December 2011 release.