Pitt tipped to take over Cruise MI role

Brad Pitt has been tipped to reverse the Mission Impossible franchise's struggling fortunes by replacing Tom Cruise in the fourth installment.

Brad Pitt has been tipped to reverse the Mission Impossible franchise's struggling fortunes by replacing Tom Cruise in the fourth instalment.

Cruise, who played agent Ethan Hunt in the action movies, was axed by Paramount Studios last month following Mission Impossible III's relatively poor box office takings and his "unacceptable conduct" off screen.