The man whose nuttier than a Payday bar is returning to the movie franchise that made him a star and made us want to wretch until we threw up an organ or two.

According to /Film, a studio insider has confirmed there will be a fourth edition of the “Mission: Impossible” movies.

The site speculates the reason Cruise is returning to the M:I franchise is because he’s done so poorly lately with the thunder-dud “Lions for Lambs” and isn’t expected to do any better with the upcoming “Valkyrie.” We can only speculate the reason he’s doing another M:I franchise is that it’s getting harder to fill the deep end of his money swimming pool all the way to the brim.

The insider also says Cruise will make the film once he approves the script. Oh that’s a good idea, let’s give Norman Bates the loaded handgun.

Something tells me this will be great for Cruise but lousy for just about everyone else. Just like his last M:I film, you can expect all sorts of phony news stories about Cruise’s Scientology habits before it hits the theaters just to push the free publicity machine along for the film, only this time it will be twice as loud and outrageous. Last time, it was jumping on Oprah’s couch. This time, maybe he’ll jump on Oprah. Hey, a man can dream.