Tom Cruise's Mission: Impossible 7 & Top Gun 2 Delayed Once Again
Paramount Pictures has once again delayed two of its anticipated releases starring Tom Cruise. The studio released a new release date calendar including delays in seven other films
Paramount
Pictures
has
once
again
delayed
two
of
its
anticipated
releases
starring
Tom
Cruise.
The
studio
is
gearing
up
for
the
delay
in
the
release
schedule
as
countries
impose
new
lockdown
rules
to
counter
the
growing
COVID-19
cases
around
the
world.
Tom
Cruise
led
Top
Gun:
Maverick
and
Mission:
Impossible
7
have
been
postponed
by
several
months
according
to
the
updated
release
date
calendar.
The
sequel
to
blockbuster
Top
Gun
(1986),
Top
Gun:
Maverick
earlier
set
to
release
on
July
2,
2021,
will
now
hit
the
big
screens
on
November
2021.
Meanwhile,
Mission:
Impossible
7
set
to
release
on
November
19,
2021,
will
now
open
on
May
27,
2022.
Simultaneously,
Paramount
has
also
moved
the
subsequent
film
release
dates
including,
Mission:
Impossible
8,
which
has
been
moved
from
November
4,
2022,
to
July
7,
2023.
The
delay
reportedly
comes
after
Disney
pushed
back
the
release
date
of
MCU
release,
Black
Widow.
Some
other
Disney
titles
expected
to
be
pushed
back
include
Eternals
and
Ghostbusters:
Afterlife,
both
currently
set
to
release
alongside
Top
Gun
2
in
November
2021.
Seven
other
Paramount
Pictures
projects
have
also
been
delayed
by
several
months
including
the
awaited
film
Dungeons
&
Dragons
movie.
The
Chris
Pine,
Hugh
Grant
and
Rege-Jean
Page-starrer
has
been
moved
from
May
27,
2022,
to
March
3,
2023.
An
untitled
Star
Trek
film
has
been
put
on
the
calendar
for
June
9,
2023,
while
Henry
Golding's
Snake
Eyes
has
been
moved
forward
from
October
22,
2021,
to
July
23,
2021.
Some
other
Paramount
titles
which
have
been
pushed
back
due
to
the
second
wave
of
COVID-19
cases
include,
Jackass
now
releasing
on
October
22,
2021.
Ryan
Reynolds
and
John
Krasinski's
untitled
project
will
now
release
on
November
17,
2023.
A
feature
film
by
Bee
Gees
has
been
moved
to
next
year
November
4,
2022,
and
The
Shrinking
of
Treehorn
will
tentatively
release
on
November
10,
2023