Tom Cruise to reprise Ethan Hunt role for Mission Impossible 4

Tom Cruise is set to reprise his role as Ethan Hunt in Mission Impossible 4.

The actor, 45, decided to take on the role as the all conquering CIA agent after burying the hatchet with billionaire Paramount boss Sumner Redstone.

The pair fell out in 2006 when Redstone dropped Cruise’s production company United Artist Studio because of Tom’s increasingly odd public behavior.

Now an insider says the pair rekindled their friendship and discussed plans for the new film during a meeting at the Beverly Hills Hotel last month.

The insider said: “Tom will make Mission Impossible: 4 once Paramount green-lights the script. There will most definitely be another ‘Mission Impossible!’

“They are in talks, nothing set in stone.”

Tom, a devout follower of the controversial religion of Scientology, was dropped by Paramount following a string of contrived media stunts. He bemused his fan base by climbing atop of cars at his premieres and jumping for joy on Oprah Winfrey’s couch.

Since the split from Paramount, Cruise has attempted to go it alone creating his first film ‘Lions For Lambs’ with partner Paula Wagner last year.

However, their latest project, Valkyrie, based on the assassination of Adolf Hitler, has been set back until later in the year after footage for the film was wiped.