The eighth installment of the “Mission: Impossible” franchise is facing a one-year delay, which has prompted a reshuffling of release schedules for Hollywood studios due to an ongoing actors’ strike that has now exceeded three months of work stoppage.
Paramount Pictures has decided to move the release date of the next “Mission: Impossible” from June 28 to May 23, 2025.
Production on the sequel to Christopher McQuarrie’s “Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One” came to a halt in July while Tom Cruise and his team embarked on an international promotion tour for “Dead Reckoning.” Interestingly, the sequel was initially titled “Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part Two” but is now simply referred to as “Mission: Impossible.”
While “Dead Reckoning” managed to gross $567.5 million globally, it fell short of the 2018 installment “Fallout” ($791.7 million globally) and the success of Cruise’s 2022 blockbuster “Top Gun: Maverick” ($1.5 billion). Despite receiving some of the best reviews in the 27-year-old franchise’s history, “Dead Reckoning” faced stiff competition from box-office hits like “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer.”
The ongoing labor dispute in Hollywood is causing significant disruptions not only for movies slated for release this fall that are waiting for stars to promote them (such as “Dune: Part Two,” which has been postponed to March) but also for some major big-screen releases planned for the coming year.