After all of the hype about who may or may not star alongside Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible 3, Keri Russell has accepted her mission, beating out potential actresses Lindsay Lohan and Cruise's squeeze Katie Holmes to replace Scarlett Johansson after she pulled out the film last month. E! Online reports that Russell, 29, will play a junior agent mentored by Cruise's Ethan Hunt character.

The former Felicity star is reuniting with director and producer J.J. Abrams for the project, who is slated to direct the upcoming film. M:I-3's cast also includes actors Ving Rhames, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Michelle Monaghan and Philip Seymour Hoffman.

--Get pumped, Iceman.

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Posted by Lawren at June 17, 2005 07:15 AM

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I now have a reason to see this movie ...

Says: Iceman at June 17, 2005 02:14 PM

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