Look for Tom Cruise to play Ethan Hunt one more time.

Deadline’s Mike Fleming is reporting that Paramount Pictures “has clinched” a deal with Cruise for Mission Impossible 4. The star will produce the film with J.J. Abrams.

They are looking for a director, but screenwriters Josh Applebaum and Andre Nemec are already attached to write the script. The plan is to make this Cruise’s next film and start shooting by summer for a Memorial Day 2011 weekend release.