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Top Gun: Maverick and Mission: Impossible 7 delayed again

September 2, 2021 by EJ Moreno

A sad day for Tom Cruise fans as two upcoming films for the actor have been delayed. Both Top Gun: Maverick and Mission: Impossible 7 have been officially removed from this year’s release schedule. The Top Gun sequel is moving from its Thanksgiving weekend release to May 27th, 2022, whilehe seventh Mission Impossible entry is seeing another delay, moving all the way to September 30th, 2022.

Deadline broke the story and noted the delays come from yet more COVID concerns. As with other films getting delayed like Ghostbusters: Afterlife and Venom, the delays come after a recent study from the National Research Group. The NRG reports “58% of Parents are ‘very or somewhat comfortable’ taking their children to the movies,” which is the lowest it’s been since last April. Deadline and other industry trades note that cinema owners take the NRG ratings very seriously and could be powering these delays. 

Countries in Europe are also seeing a slow turnout at the movies, with Deadline noting, “Italy recently posted a 70% decline of its box office norm, while France and UK are down 40%.” Studios and cinemas see next year as the best time for releases, with these numbers hopefully increasing as COVID and the Delta variant slows down around the globe.

These two Tom Cruise films have seemingly bit hit harder than most other movies. The 2022 release marks close to three years since Top Gun: Maverick was initially announced, while Mission: Impossible 7 was previously set to be released on July 23rd, 2021, November 19th, 2022, and May 27th, 2022. The latter movie also encountered production issues caused by COVID. 

 

 

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Movies, News Tagged With: mission: Impossible 7, Tom Cruise, Top Gun: Maverick

About EJ Moreno

EJ Moreno is a film and television critic and entertainment writer who joined the pop culture website Flickering Myth in 2018 and now serves as the executive producer of Flickering Myth TV, a YouTube channel with over 27,000 subscribers. With over a decade of experience, he is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic who is also part of the Critics Choice Association and GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics.

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