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Tom Cruise dangles from world's tallest building in new 'Mission: Impossible' trailer

Published Wednesday, Jun 29 2011, 02:24 BST | By Kate Goodacre | 17 comments

Tom Cruise has personally unveiled the first trailer for his new movie Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol.

The fourth in the series of Mission: Impossible films sees the actor returning to reprise his role as special agent Ethan Hunt.

Cruise used his official Twitter account for the first time to launch the clip on his official website. The account had previously been maintained by his management team.

"In appreciation of your support 4 MI, I wanted 2share the new Mission Impossible #GhostProtocol trailer w/U... ThankU, Tom (sic)," he wrote.

> 'Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol' trailer scene-by-scene

The clip features a number of world-famous landmarks including the Kremlin in Moscow and the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, which is the tallest building in the world.

A number of Cruise's co-stars including Simon Pegg and Jeremy Renner make appearances in the action-packed trailer, which also shows off some of the film's numerous special effects, stunts and fights.

Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol has been written by a team which includes Cruise and Lost creator JJ Abrams. Directed by Brad Bird (Ratatouille, The Incredibles), it will debut in US cinemas on December 16 and opens in the UK on December 26.