“Mission Impossible: 8” has been delayed by almost a year as studios are forced to adjust release dates due to the ongoing actors strike.
Tom Cruise, 61, was originally scheduled to return as field agent and agent Ethan Hunt on June 28, 2024.
Instead, Paramount Pictures moved “A Quiet Place: Day One” to the time slot and cast Emily Blunt as the third film in the series.
Mission Impossible 8 currently has no name, but will most likely be called Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two, as it is a direct sequel to Part One, which was released earlier this year.
Paramount has had to change the release dates of its films because the SAG-AFTRA actors’ strike is still ongoing, even though the WGA writers’ strike has ended.
Mission Impossible: Mission Impossible: 8 has been delayed by almost a year as studios are forced to adjust release dates due to the ongoing actors’ strike (Tom Cruise pictured).
Experienced: Tom Cruise’s eighth appearance as field agent and agent Ethan Hunt was originally scheduled to be released on June 28, 2024
“Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” performed worse at the box office compared to the previous films in the series, despite Tom’s attempts to extend the running time.
The actor feared that Oppenheimer would overshadow the film since it required the same limited screens.
He was right, as Oppenheimer grossed nearly $400 million more at the box office than Mission: Impossible.
The 1996 film series “Mission: Impossible” is based on the 1966 television series of the same name.
Production on the eighth film had originally been halted so the cast could promote Part 1, but then the strike began, causing further delays.
Variety reports that four CEOs will travel to SAG-AFTRA headquarters on Tuesday to renegotiate.
Among them will be Disney’s Bob Iger, who recently called SAG-AFTRA negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland to organize the meeting.
The strikes have been going on since July.
Delays: The ongoing strike by Hollywood actors could cause next year’s film releases to be pushed back to 2025, reports say (Jessica Chastain is pictured on the picket line in New York)