A new movie poster for director Brad Bird’s ‘Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol’ has been released. Featuring Tom Cruise with a somewhat mischievous expression and hoodie, in the role of Ethan Hunt, the poster is the first in a long line-up of promotional fare sure to be on the way for its upcoming December 21st debut. This time around Hunt will be on a mission with a new team of cohorts to clear the name of the IMF after its named in the bombing of the Kremlin.

Featured in the franchise’s newest installment on top of the Hurt Locker’s Jeremy Renner (who will reportedly take of the reigns when Cruise departs MI) is actress Paula Patton, Tom Wilkinson, Simon Pegg, and Anil Kapoor. This latest movie in the Mission line-up marks Bird’s live-action directorial debut. Get a look at the official MI4 plot below with the previously released trailer.

“The IMF is shut down when it’s implicated in a global terrorist bombing plot. Ghost Protocol is initiated and Ethan Hunt and his rogue new team must go undercover to clear their organization’s name. No help, no contact, off the grid. You have never seen a mission grittier and more intense than this.”

Tell us what you think of the poster for MI4 below.