ITALY - JULY 12: Tom Cruise started shooting scenes for "Mission: Impossible 3" in Rome on Tuesday by whizzing past the camera in a speedboat on the Tiber river near the Vatican and the Castel Sant'Angelo. With St. Peter's Basilica as a backdrop, the Hollywood heartthrob piloted a speedboat under statue-topped bridges, bringing river traffic to a standstill and wowing tourists."Mission: Impossible 3" is directed by J.J. Abrams, one of the creators of ABC's "Lost" and "Alias," and is produced by Cruise and his partner, Paula Wagner. The movie will co-star Ving Rhames, Maggie Q, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Michelle Monaghan and Philip Seymour Hoffman.It is set for release on May 5, 2006 in Rome, Italy on July 12th, 2005. (Photo by Eric VANDEVILLE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
