Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol will debut to the world as the opening film of the 8th Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) on December 7, it was announced on Monday.
Featuring an all-star cast including Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner and Simon Pegg, the fourth installment in the Mission: Impossible franchise has been much anticipated by movie fans in the UAE due to the Burj Khalifa's starring role.
Cruise and the film's co-stars will take to the festival's opening night red carpet alongside the city's leadership at the Madinat Jumeirah, a statement said.
The joint announcement from Paramount Pictures and the festival celebrates the Mission: Impossible team's return to Dubai after extensive filming in the city, including shoots spanning its old town, downtown financial hub and offshore Palm island development.
With incredible stunt sequences featured throughout the movie, including the now iconic scene of Cruise scaling the world's tallest tower, Dubai's Burj Khalifa, the movie also features Dubai footage shot in high-definition IMAX.
The movie tells how Ethan Hunt (Cruise) and his team, framed for a terrorist bombing of the Kremlin, are disavowed along with the rest of the agency when the president initiates "Ghost Protocol", essentially erasing the agency from existence.
The film's return to Dubai, following shoots done in Prague, Moscow, Mumbai and Vancouver, is a coup for the emirate, its film festival and the region's film industry, the statement added.
Under the patronage of Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Dubai International Film Festival has steadily built its reputation as a global launching pad for Arab, Asian, African and other world cinema and as a facilitator of cultural exchange through film.
Ahmad Abdulla Al Shaikh, director general of the Dubai Government Media Office, said: "We await with great excitement the return of the Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol filmmakers, crew, and talent to Dubai in December.
"Dubai's continuing relationship with the film is a mark of trust in Dubai's world-class infrastructure, capabilities and leadership. This relationship is a point of pride not only for the emirate but for the region as a whole."
AlShaikh added: "Dubai continues to welcome serious filmmakers from around the world, and remains ready to extend all assistance and support necessary to ensure the success of their films. Dubai reaffirms its commitment to the advancement of the local, regional, and international film industries."
Abdulhamid Juma, chairman of the Dubai International Film Festival, said: "Dubai and the UAE are the 'Mission: Possible' of the Arab world, so this link is particularly fitting. We thank Paramount Pictures and the Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol producers for showing the world the contemporary, successful and diverse Arab world. We are also grateful to them, Four Star and Gulf Film for choosing to bring this remarkable film to DIFF."
"We are looking forward to sharing the film first with Dubai," said Rob Moore, vice chairman of Paramount Pictures.
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol will be released in theatres across the globe this December.
In 2010, the DIFF opened with Tom Hooper's The King's Speech in the presence of Academy Award winning actor Colin Firth.
The eighth edition of DIFF will be held from December 7 to 14.
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