Jonathan Rhys Meyers has been tapped to join Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible 3, set to start filming in July in Italy, reports Variety.
Rhys Meyers will portray an associate of Cruise's Ethan Hunt character.
Ving Rhames, who appeared in both "Mission: Impossible" films as sidekick Luther Stickel, is expected to return for "M:I 3" along with Michelle Monaghan.
"M:I 3" will be directed by J.J. Abrams, who replaced Joe Carnahan as the director last summer.