Mission: Impossible 8 has been delayed by almost a year. Paramount Pictures and Skydance have pushed back the highly anticipated Tom Cruise-led spy thriller to May 23, 2025, from its original release date of June 28, 2024. The move is attributed to the ongoing actors’ strike, which has forced the film and several others to be postponed major studios have halted production. Other films will suffer the same fate if the strike is not resolved within weeks. Additionally, the Christopher McQuarrie-directed sequel to Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One will be getting a name change – initially Dead Reckoning Part Two – although it will serve as a direct continuation of the 2023 film.
A good chunk – 40 percent – of filming for Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two took place before the strike, but now the crew will have to wait until the actors’ strike is over. Several major studios, including Warner Bros., have also postponed their 2023 release dates, with the biggest being Dune: Part Two, whose star-studded cast is unable to participate in promotional work or interviews due to the ongoing strike. Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse, the sequel to Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, was pulled from its March 2024 release window because the actors are not allowed to provide voiceovers for the characters. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the eighth Mission: Impossible movie will be filmed using IMAX cameras, with plans to show it in IMAX theaters for a full three weeks. This is big for Cruise and McQuarrie, whose previous film Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One didn’t last as long due to Christopher Nolan’s film. Oppenheimer securing IMAX theaters around the world.
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One failed to surpass its predecessor, MI Fallout, at the global box office and collected an impressive $567.5 million (approximately Rs. 4,719 crore). Released on July 12, the film was poised for success until a week later Barbie And Oppenheimer arrived in theaters on July 21, dominated the box office and attracted large audiences, thanks in part to the ‘Barbenheimer’ phenomenon. In Mission: Impossible 7, Ethan Hunt (Cruise) and his spy squad embark on a journey across the world to track down a bioweapon before it falls into the wrong hands. Things are made difficult for him by former IMF director Eugene Kittridge (Henry Czerny) from the first film, the terrorist Gabriel (Esai Morales) and the French assassin Paris (Pom Klementieff). Hayley Atwell, a new addition to the cast, plays an ambiguous thief.
Paramount is also delaying A Quiet Place: Day One by three months, from March 8, 2024 to June 28, taking up Mission: Impossible 8’s original slot. Billed as a spin-off of John Krasinski’s 2018 horror film, it is expected to finally show the alien invasion that has plunged Earth into deathly silence. It stars Lupita Nyong’o (Black Panther), Joseph Quinn (Stranger Things) and Alex Wolff (The Pig). The studio, meanwhile, has moved Krasinski’s Ryan Reynolds-led film IF from May 24 to May 17, 2024. An untitled animated SpongeBob SquarePants film has also been pushed back from May 23, 2025 to December 19, 2025.
Mission: Impossible 8 is now scheduled for release on May 23, 2025 in theaters worldwide.
