Mission Impossible 4?

· Cruise to take control of legendary United Artists · Comeback for actor who's career was written off Dan Glaister in Los Angeles Friday November 3, 2006 The Guardian In a move that had Hollywood insiders scratching their heads in bemusement, it was announced yesterday that the actor Tom Cruise is to take over the dormant United Artists film studio. United Artists was started in 1919 by four of the biggest figures in film: Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford and DW Griffith. As the name suggests, it was an attempt to wrest creative control of film-making from the financiers and deliver it to the artists themselves.