NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� The eighth installment of the 鈥淢ission: Impossible鈥� franchise has been postponed a year, signaling a new wave of release schedule juggling for Hollywood studios as the surpasses three months of work stoppage.
Paramount Pictures on Monday shifted the release date of the next 鈥淢ission: Impossible鈥� from June 28 to May 23, 2025. Production on the follow-up to was paused in July while Tom Cruise and company embarked on an international promotion blitz for 鈥淒ead Reckoning.鈥� (The sequel had been titled 鈥淢ission: Impossible 鈥� Dead Reckoning Part Two" but is now simply listed currently as 鈥淢ission: Impossible.鈥�)
鈥淒ead Reckoning鈥� ultimately grossed $567.5 million worldwide, falling shy of 2018 installment 鈥淔allout鈥� ($791.7 million globally) and the heady highs of Cruise's summer 2022 blockbuster ($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
As Hollywood's labor turmoil has continued, it's increasingly upended release plans not just for movies this fall that want to wait until their stars can promote them ( postponed to March), but some of next year's top big-screen attractions.
A string of Marvel movies have previously shifted back, as did the third 鈥淰enom鈥� film. 鈥淪pider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse," has been delayed indefinitely after being dated for March 2024.
Paramount also announced Monday that 鈥淎 Quiet Place: Day One," a prequel to the post-apocalyptic horror series starring Lupita Nyong鈥檕, will have its release pushed from March to when 鈥淒ead 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
Jake Coyle, The Associated Press
