The Mission: Impossible franchise can’t seem to catch a break. Production on the eighth instalment of the blockbuster action series has reportedly been delayed again due to a set malfunction.
According to The Mirror, Paramount has pressed pause on Mission: Impossible 8 following a malfunction with a £23 million submarine. Sources close to the production revealed that the gimbal, which is used to lower the 120-foot-high structure, jammed under its weight and now requires repairs, pushing filming back by weeks.
“They’re not happy as it puts production behind, which costs a lot of money per day,” said one source. Due to this, filming has been pushed back weeks and causing the costs of the film to dramatically increase. The current budget for this film is said to be nearing $400M.
This is not the first delay for the highly anticipated eighth Mission: Impossible film. Production had previously been set back due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.
Last year, Christopher McQuarrie had stated that, before the strikes, around 40% of the movie was shot, and that they were done location shooting in Africa and the Arctic. He also added that the biggest and most complicated sequence of the film had yet to be shot.
Announced in January 2019, Mission: Impossible 8 will conclude the storyline that began in the seventh film, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One. In this two-part saga, Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: locating a two-piece cruciform key that can control an advanced AI known as The Entity. Dead Reckoning Part One ended with Ethan securing both halves of the key, and Mission: Impossible 8 is expected to focus on the IMF agents’ race against time to stop The Entity before it’s too late.
Mission: Impossible 8 Adds New Cast Members
Christopher McQuarrie returns to direct Mission: Impossible 8, continuing his streak after helming the previous three installments in the franchise — Rogue Nation (2015), Fallout (2018), and Dead Reckoning Part One (2023). Alongside Tom Cruise, the upcoming sequel will see the return of several familiar faces: Hayley Atwell (Grace), Ving Rhames (Luther Stickell), Henry Czerny (Eugene Kittridge), Simon Pegg (Benji Dunn), Vanessa Kirby (Alanna Mitsopolis), Esai Morales (Gabriel), Pom Klementieff (Paris), Shea Whigham (Jasper Briggs), Greg Tarzan Davis (Degas), and Rolf Saxon (William Donloe).
Joining the franchise for the first time in Mission: Impossible 8 are actors Holt McCallany (The Iron Claw), Nick Offerman (Civil War), Janet McTeer (Jessica Jones), Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso), Lucy Tulugarjuk (Searchers), Katy O’Brian (The Mandalorian), and Tramell Tillman (Severance).
M:I:8 Remains Without an Official Title
Mission: Impossible 8 was originally titled Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two, but the subtitle was dropped in October 2023, much to the disappointment of fans. This decision likely stems from the underperformance of Dead Reckoning Part One at the box office. Despite earning over $560 million, the movie’s costly production budget of $291 million (excluding marketing) meant it did not turn a profit for Paramount.
Dead Reckoning now streaming on Paramount+ without “Part One” in its title, it appears the studio is attempting to downplay the connection between the two films, possibly to avoid deterring potential viewers who might not want to watch only half of the story.
The untitled eighth Mission: Impossible film is scheduled to hit theaters on May 23, 2025.
Source: The Mirror
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