Part Three
In 1984, new Paramount producer Ed Feldmen had the idea to update "Mission" as a theatrical feature. Sy Salkowitiz, writer of two season two episodes, was brought in to write and produce the film. After 18 months the script entitled "Good Morning Mr. Phelps (Mission: Impossible - The Movie)", was delivered to Paramount executives, with a planned summer 1986 release date.
The mission, this time, is to rescue a kidnapped nuclear scientist and his family from Middle Eastern terrorists and prevent him from building enough reactors that would melt the polar ice caps, raising the sea level and flooding coastal cities.
Again, Phelps chooses Barney, Rollin, Cinnamon and Willy plus four proteges for the mission. They include a mimic, an expert on nuclear reactors, a black strongman and an electronics genius.
The action ranges from Istanbul, where the IMF liberate the scientist and his family; to the jungles of Bangkok, where they destroy the nuclear assembly facility; to the palace of the South American country Mantiqueira, where the IMF steal the nuclear fuel canisters from a vault located at the bottom of a swimming pool.
Leonard Nimoy, fresh off of his directorial debut in "Star Trek III: The Search for Spock" was approached to direct; but, studio indecision about whether or not to use the old cast, bring in young faces to portray the old cast, use a mix of both; along with a projected budget of $15 million (a rewrite, along with a proposal to shoot the film entirely in England, bringing the budget down to $10 million) sent the script into "development hell".
There "Mission" would remain until the Writers Guild Strike of 1988.
In 1984, new Paramount producer Ed Feldmen had the idea to update "Mission" as a theatrical feature. Sy Salkowitiz, writer of two season two episodes, was brought in to write and produce the film. After 18 months the script entitled "Good Morning Mr. Phelps (Mission: Impossible - The Movie)", was delivered to Paramount executives, with a planned summer 1986 release date.
The mission, this time, is to rescue a kidnapped nuclear scientist and his family from Middle Eastern terrorists and prevent him from building enough reactors that would melt the polar ice caps, raising the sea level and flooding coastal cities.
Again, Phelps chooses Barney, Rollin, Cinnamon and Willy plus four proteges for the mission. They include a mimic, an expert on nuclear reactors, a black strongman and an electronics genius.
The action ranges from Istanbul, where the IMF liberate the scientist and his family; to the jungles of Bangkok, where they destroy the nuclear assembly facility; to the palace of the South American country Mantiqueira, where the IMF steal the nuclear fuel canisters from a vault located at the bottom of a swimming pool.
Leonard Nimoy, fresh off of his directorial debut in "Star Trek III: The Search for Spock" was approached to direct; but, studio indecision about whether or not to use the old cast, bring in young faces to portray the old cast, use a mix of both; along with a projected budget of $15 million (a rewrite, along with a proposal to shoot the film entirely in England, bringing the budget down to $10 million) sent the script into "development hell".
There "Mission" would remain until the Writers Guild Strike of 1988.
