A poster of the "Mission Impossible 5: Rogue Nation". [Photo: mtime.com]

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba and Paramount are teaming up to invest in "Mission Impossible 5: Rogue Nation".

This marks the first investment for Alibaba in a motion picture.

Alibaba has set up a working group in Los Angles to try to tap other opportunities in the global film industry.

The "Mission Impossible" franchise has become one of Paramount's most successful series of films, generating revenues of over 2-billion US dollars through the previous four movies.

Alibaba will be working on distribution and promotion strategies for the latest installment.

"Mission Impossible 5: Rogue Nation" will hit the US theatres on July 31st.