Hollywood “it” girl Paula Patton appears in the brand new movie poster for the upcoming Mission: Impossible sequel due out in theaters this year. Patton plays a new recruit for the newly formed Ghost Protocol team.

The gritty new poster shows Patton dressed down in dark shades holding a gun, alongside co-stars Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, and Simon Pegg.

“Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol’ is set to be released in IMAX on Dec. 16, 2011

(Photo: Skydance/Paramount)

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