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"Mission Impossible 3" Finishes Filming

Tom Cruise and JJ Abrams Finish Up the Third "Mission Impossible"

By Rebecca Murray, About.com

Dec 7 2005
Paramount Pictures announced that filming has wrapped on "Mission Impossible 3" starring Tom Cruise and directed by J J Abrams.

The shoot finished up in Shanghai a few days ahead of schedule. Cruise told the Shanghai media, "It's the first time I have visited this spectacular city and our work here went very smoothly. We worked at terrific speed."

Abrams also praised Shanghai and the crews who worked on the film. According to Paramount, 20% of the movie takes place in China, including the film's most dramatic stunt sequence.

Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ving Rhames, Laurence Fishburne, Billy Crudup, Michelle Monaghan, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Keri Russell, and Maggie Q also star in the action thriller which is set for release on May 5, 2006.

SOURCE: Paramount Pictures

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