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Top Gun and Mission Impossible films delayed due to US Covid spike

Top Gun and Mission Impossible films delayed due to US Covid spike

By Naveel Krishant
04/09/2021
Tom Cruise - [Photo: BBC]

Tom Cruise's films Top Gun: Maverick and Mission: Impossible 7 have been delayed due to a surge in US Covid-19 cases caused by the Delta variant.

Movie studios are concerned that the highly contagious variant will deter cinemagoers.

Paramount has pushed the Top Gun sequel back six months to May next year, while Mission: Impossible 7 has been moved from May 2022 to September that year.

Top Gun: Maverick is a sequel to the hugely successful 1986 action original, with Cruise starring again as US Navy pilot Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, joined by Val Kilmer, Jennifer Connelly and Miles Teller.

The seventh instalment of the Mission: Impossible franchise, directed by Christopher McQuarrie, will see Cruise starring as special agent Ethan Hunt, along with co-stars Hayley Atwell, Simon Pegg and Vanessa Kirby.

[Source: BBC]

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