‘Mission: Impossible 8′ faces yearlong delay amid prolonged actors’ strike

‘Mission: Impossible 8′ faces yearlong delay amid prolonged actors’ strike

The eighth chapter within the “Mission: Impossible” collection has been delayed by a yr, indicating a contemporary spherical of reshuffling in Hollywood’s launch calendars on account of a protracted actors’ strike, which has now exceeded three months of halted manufacturing.

Paramount Pictures on Monday shifted the discharge date of the following “Mission: Impossible” from June 28 to May 23, 2025. Production on the follow-up to Christopher McQuarrie’s “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” was paused in July whereas Tom Cruise and firm launched into a world promotion blitz for “Dead Reckoning.” (The sequel had been titled “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two” but is now simply listed currently as “Mission: Impossible.”)

“Dead Reckoning” ultimately grossed $567.5 million worldwide, falling shy of the 2018 installment “Fallout” ($791.7 million globally) and the heady highs of Cruise’s summer season 2022 blockbuster “Top Gun: Maverick” ($1.5 billion). The 163-minute-long action thriller drew some of the best reviews of the 27-year-old movie franchise but was quickly eclipsed by the box-office juggernauts of “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer.”

As Hollywood’s labor turmoil has continued, it is more and more upended launch plans not only for films this fall that wish to wait till their stars can promote them ( like “Dune: Part Two,” postponed to March) however a few of subsequent yr’s high big-screen points of interest.

A string of Marvel films have beforehand shifted again, as did the third “Venom” film. “Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse,” has been delayed indefinitely after being dated for March 2024.

Paramount additionally introduced Monday that “A Quiet Place: Day One,” a prequel to the post-apocalyptic horror collection starring Lupita Nyong’o, may have its launch pushed from March to when “Dead Reckoning” had been scheduled to open, on June 28.

Negotiations between the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and the studios are scheduled to renew Tuesday.

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