Tom Cruise’s ‘Top Gun: Maverick’, ‘Mission: Impossible 7’ delayed on account of COVID-19 issues

By ANI

WASHINGTON: Hollywood star Tom Cruise’s subsequent two highly-anticipated films ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ and ‘Mission: Impossible 7’ are being delayed once more on account of COVID-19 issues.

As per Variety, Paramount has delayed its tentpoles amid a surge within the Delta variant of COVID-19.

‘Top Gun: Maverick’ will now open in theatres on May 27, 2022, as a substitute of November 19, 2021, whereas the opposite Cruise-led journey, ‘Mission: Impossible 7’, will launch on September 30, 2022, as a substitute of May 27, 2022.

‘Mission: Impossible – Fallout’ filmmaker Christopher McQuarrie has directed the seventh installment of the franchise. Joseph Kosinski has helmed ‘Top Gun: Maverick’.

‘Top Gun: Maverick’ was initially set for a June 24, 2020 opening however was shifted again to December 23, 2020, as a result of first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. It later had launch dates set for July 2, 2021, and, most just lately, November 19, 2021.

On the opposite hand, ‘Mission: Impossible 7’ was first delayed from July 23, 2021, to November 19 earlier than ‘Maverick’ took over that spot and pushed it to May 27, 2022. It now lands 4 months after Maverick’s premiere.

But fear not as there are nonetheless a number of promising titles on the calendar by way of the tip of the yr, assuming rival studios preserve their largest films on the schedule.

In the autumn, Universal’s musical adaptation of ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ is opening on September 24, MGM’s James Bond sequel ‘No Time to Die’ is launching on October 8 and Sony’s ‘Venom: Let There Be Carnage’ is debuting on October 15.

Later in 2021, Disney and Marvel’s ‘Eternals’ is dated for November 5, Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of ‘West Side Story’ is scheduled for December 10 and Warner Bros.’ ‘The Matrix 4’ is slated for December 22.