Massive delays are on the horizon for Paramount as theSAG-AFTRA strike rolls on.Mission: Impossible 8has officially been pushed from its original date in June of next year, instead opting to follow in the footsteps of anotherTom Cruise-led movie,Top Gun: Maverick, and release on July 01, 2025, aka Memorial Day. It’s one of several major delays includingA Quiet Place: Day Oneand an untitledSpongebob Squarepantsanimated movie which are both due out over the next two years.
The date shift for the latest Ethan Hunt epic is no shocker considering the time it’ll take to restart production. With no end currently in sight for the actors' strike as it eclipses the 100-day mark, it’s clear that any hope of finishing the massive action film before next year was going to be next to impossible forChristopher McQuarrieand his team. Any work on the production has been on holdsince May when the WGA went on strikeand the second half of the storyDead Reckoningset up has beenparticularly hamstrung by the lack of a deal between SAG and the AMPTP.
Thereisn’t much left for McQuarrie to filmonce cameras are rolling again, but for Paramount, it’s a serious blow to their plans of keeping the two halves of Hunt’s latest story close together and keeping the momentum rolling between parts.Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part Onedrew in $567.5 million at the worldwide box officethis summer as Hunt confronted a foe from his past and a terrifying, and very timely, AI weapon. The film will at least get to take advantage of a strong new position on the calendar with a three-week run in IMAX to show off its technological might, even if it is a longer wait for fans of the franchise.
‘A Quiet Place: Day One,’ ‘Spongebob,’ and ‘IF’ Shift Dates
Horror spinoffA Quiet Place: Day Onewill instead assumeDead Reckoning Part One’s position on June 12, 2025, moving backfrom its already-delayed March 8 release date. Directed byMichael Sarnoskiand starringLupita Nyong’oandDenis Hare,the film began production back in Februarybefore the strikes began per producerJohn Krasinski, but it, too, has been in limbo. It’s set to be a prequel to the first two Krasinski-helmed films taking place in the fall of society. The untitledSpongeBobproject, meanwhile, will move from June 05, 2025, back to Aug 03, 2025, and will have a wide release. It’s not all delays, however.Krasinski’s other project,IFstarringRyan Reynolds, will go wide a few days earlier than expected, moving to June 11, 2025, instead of May 24. The starry Maximum Effort productionwas shot last yearand is currently in post-production.
Stay tuned here at Collider for more on the future of Paramount’s film slate. Check outour full guide toMission: Impossible 8here.
