American actor/producer Tom Cruise has officially agreed to reprise the role of agent Ethan Hunt in the fifth installment of "Mission: Impossible." With the exception of executive producer J.J. Abrams, Cruise is the only big name to sign up as yet for the fifth episode. The project team is now looking to recruit a screenwriter and director, according to Deadline.com.

Los Angeles, May 6 (EFE).- The flight of film productions from Los Angeles to cities like Atlanta, New Orleans and Vancouver, much more flexible in terms of taxes and more generous in granting financing, is a trend that candidates running for mayor of the Southern California city will try to turn around.

Action comedy "Pain & Gain," starring Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, grabbed the top spot at the US box office in its debut weekend, industry figures showed Monday. The Paramount Pictures production about bodybuilders caught up in a botched kidnapping scheme snagged $20.2 million, according to tracker Exhibitor Relations. "Oblivion," the post-apocalyptic action flick starring Tom Cruise, came in second with $17.8 million in ticket sales, ahead of "42," a biopic about trailblazing black baseball star Jackie Robinson, which made $10.7 million.

A vampire love story by independent US film-maker Jim Jarmusch has been awarded a coveted place in the official line-up at next month's Cannes film festival, organisers said on Friday. "Only Lovers Left Alive" with Tom Hiddleston, Tilda Swinton, John Hurt and Mia Wasikowska takes to 20 the number of films in competition for the top Palme d'Or prize at the Riviera movie extravaganza. The other 19 films in the May 15-26 competition were unveiled last week.