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"Director Brad Bird has reassured fans that the new Mission: Impossible film will contain a lot of physical action sequences. Bird, who is best known for his Academy Award-winning animated movies The Incredibles and Ratatouille, revealed that he has wanted to move into live-action for a while. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve tried to make live-action films almost as long as I&amp;#039;ve tried to make animated films,&amp;quot; he told Entertainment Weekly of his decision to helm the big-budget sequel. Bird said that filming Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, which sees Tom Cruise reprise his role as Ethan Hunt, was often difficult due to his desire to create powerful action sequences. &amp;quot;It was a very challenging shoot,&amp;quot; he explained. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s a big film and we had to move around a lot. &amp;quot;We were doing a lot of physical effects live, we weren&amp;#039;t using special effects. And so it was physically a real challenge.&amp;quot; The director said that it had been refreshing to work on a live-action film because he had been forced to relinquish control more than on his previous films. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol is due out in cinemas on December 16. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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