New York, Sep 2 (IANS)| Paramount has postponed the release dates of its upcoming films, including Tom Cruise’s ‘Top Gun Maverick’ and ‘Mission Impossible 7’, due to Kovid. Cruise’s ‘Top Gun Maverick’ was scheduled to release on November 19 but now the film will release on May 27, 2022, whereas, his ‘Mission Impossible 7’, scheduled for May 27, 2022, will now release on September 30, 2022.
The studio has postponed ‘Jack’s Forever’ to release on October 22, 2021, now the film will release on February 4, 2022. The proliferation of Delta variants is hampering theater attendance and releasing the film in theaters is a risky proposition for studios. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Paramount, like other studios, regularly consults with epidemiologists on such decisions, and the studio expects a box office recovery when these films are released in 2022.
“Mission Impossible Fallout” producer Christopher McQuarrie has returned to direct with the seventh and eighth installments of the franchise. While Joseph Kosinski helmed ‘Top Gun Maverick’.