Production Weekly reports that Michelle Monaghan and Johnathan Rhys-Meyers are in negotiations to join Tom Cruise and Ving Rhames in Mission: Impossible 3., which is set to start filming in Caserta, Italy on July 18th.

J.J. Abrams will direct the sequel penned by Alex Kutzman and Roberto Orci.

The Royal Palace, known as ' Reggia', will be used to recreate the interior of the Vatican for scenes contained within the Mission: Impossible 3 script.