Bird is best known as the writer/director of Pixar’s The Incredibles and Ratatouille, also wrote/directed the underrated Iron Giant, and was a key creative force in the early years of The Simpsons. All of which may make Tom Cruise getting him to make M:I4 his live-action debut sound like a huge risk, but the man did The Incredibles and Ratatouille – I’d follow him into the fiery center of the sun.

The movie is supposed to hit theatres sometime during  2011.