Abrams just added a significant degree of hotness to his directorial debut Mission Impossible 3 by adding Keri Russell to the cast.

Russell is currently starring in The Upside of Anger, which had its premiere at Sundance, and it seems she and other members of the cast were in the “Foundry Grill and Owl Bar” in Park City and she let it slip that she would be starring in Mission…Russell played the title role in Abrams’ “Felicity”.

Well done her, could it be that she’s set for greater things than Abrams previous female lead whose career isn’t doing so well with the fizzle of Elektra?

So far though, the cast list is looking good:
Tom Cruise, Eileen Atkins, Kenneth Branagh, Ricky Gervais, Scarlett Johansson, Justin Kirk, Carrie-Anne Moss, Keri Russell and Ving Rhames.

Source: dcealumni.com