A hooded Tom Cruise stares you down in this new image from Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol

A weird image of a hooded Tom Cruise has appeared over at Yahoo! Movies for director Brad Bird’s upcoming (and apparently awesome) MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – GHOST PROTOCOL. It’s weird because it’s just a very Photoshopped Cruise staring us down in front of the aftermath of an explosion and nothing more (though I guess it’d be weirder if he were smiling). I’m assuming this new image may be the base of an upcoming teaser poster, but who knows? Here it is below for you to intensely stare back at.

All joking aside, this is one I can’t wait for. MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – GHOST PROTOCOL – starring Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Paula Patton, Tom Wilkinson, and Josh Holloway – opens December 21st.

Synopsis: This is not just another mission. The IMF is shut down when it’s implicated in a global terrorist bombing plot. Ghost Protocol is initiated and Ethan Hunt and his rogue new team must go undercover to clear their organization’s name. No help, no contact, off the grid. You have never seen a mission grittier and more intense than this.