Pegg: 'Mission Impossible 4 is a rebirth'

Simon Pegg has revealed that Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol is going to be more like a reboot of the series than a sequel.

Pegg spoke to Screen Crave about the upcoming film, stating that fans have no need to worry about the series becoming repetitive.

"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.

He continued: "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."

Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol opens in US and UK cinemas on December 16.