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HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Feb. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Paramount Pictures announced today that it is making "Mission Impossible IV." The film, which will be produced by Tom Cruise, J.J. Abrams and Bad Robot Productions and will star Cruise, will be released Memorial Day weekend 2011. "Tom and J.J.

NBC won the U.S. broadcast network bidding war for a television spy drama J.J. Abrams co-wrote with Josh Reims, industry sources told The Hollywood Reporter. Abrams' other small-screen projects include Alias, Lost and Fringe.

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U.S. studio Paramount Pictures and producers Tom Cruise and J.J.