Tom Cruise Hit With $1 Billion Lawsuit Claiming The Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol Plot Was Stolen

When Brad Bird's Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol came out in 2011 it wound up becoming the biggest international hit of Tom Cruise's career - but if allegations from a disgruntled screenwriter are to be believed then it may have also been his biggest mistake. Entertainment Tonight has obtained court papers that were filed back in December claiming that Cruise, Paramount Pictures and 10 other defendants stole the idea for the plot of Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, and the plaintiff wa...