Film shot extensively in the Emirate.

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol will have its world premiere as the opening film of the eighth Dubai International Film Festival on Dec 7.

Brad Bird directs Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Paula Patton, Michael Nyqvist, Vladimir Mashkov, Josh Holloway, Anil Kapoor and Léa Seydoux,in the fourth installment in the franchise.

Cruise, Bird and co-stars are expected to be in attendance on the red carpet in Dubai.

The Paramount production shot extensively in Dubai, including shoots in the old town, downtown financial hub and offshore Palm Island. One scene shows Cruise climbing the world’s tallest building, Dubai’s Burj Khalifa.

The film also shot in Prague, Moscow, Mumbai and Vancouver.

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. On behalf of the people of our amazing city and nation, 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,” added Rob Moore, Vice Chairman of Paramount Pictures. “Along with the producers of the movie, we are grateful to the governmental entities and residents who contributed to its successful shoot in Dubai, including the Dubai Studio City, the Dubai Police Department, the Dubai Civil Defense Group, the Roads & Transport Authority, the Dubai Air Wing, the Dubai Health Authority, the Dubai Municipality and the Dubai Customs Agency, and Emaar Properties among several others.”

DIFF runs Dec 7-14.

 

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