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Mission: Impossible 7 and 8 to serve as a “send-off” for Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt

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While there isn’t a movie or television show out there that hasn’t been impacted by the pandemic, one of the projects hit hardest is without a doubt the next chapter(s) in Paramount Pictures and Skydance Media’s Mission: Impossible franchise. Originally planned to shoot back-to-back with Mission: Impossible 8 for release in July 2021, Mission: Impossible […]

Mission: Impossible 7 and 8 delayed once again to 2023 and 2024

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The real impossible mission Tom Cruise faces is the completion of production on Mission: Impossible 7 and Mission: Impossible 8 as Paramount and Skydance have once again delayed the release dates of both films amid the ongoing pandemic. It has been a long road for the back-to-back sequels as they were originally slated for a July 2021 and […]

Top Gun: Maverick image sees Tom Cruise joined by the new recruits

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Paramount Pictures’ Top Gun: Maverick has been taxiing around the runway waiting to take flight for a good couple of years now, with Tom Cruise unveiling the first trailer at San Diego Comic-Con way back in July 2019 before COVID hit and saw the release calendar enter a flat spin. After bouncing round numerous dates […]

Tom Cruise does another insane Mission: Impossible stunt, this time by hanging upside down on a biplane

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While Mission: Impossible 7 awaits its release date later in 2022, Tom Cruise is already busy filming his next crazy movie stunt. Recent photos from the set show Tom Cruise flying a 1941 Boeing B75N1 Stearman biplane and then hanging off the wing as it makes a mid-air loop. We have no idea why Cruise’s […]

Blu-ray Review – Legend (1985)

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Legend, 1985. Directed by Ridley Scott. Starring Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry, David Bennent, Alice Playten, Billy Barty, and Cork Hubbert. SYNOPSIS: Fans of Ridley Scott’s Legend will want to get their hands on Arrow Video’s handsome new Blu-ray release as soon as they can. In addition to including the U.S. theatrical and director’s […]

Filming has officially wrapped on Mission: Impossible 7

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It seems like forever now since cameras first began rolling on Mission: Impossible 7, but a year and a half after production first got underway – and numerous shutdowns and delays due to COVID later – director Christopher McQuarrie has taken to Instagram to announce that filming has finally wrapped on the next instalment in […]

Top Gun: Maverick and Mission: Impossible 7 delayed again

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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 […]

Mission: Impossible 7 CinemaCon footage promises the franchise’s biggest stunt yet

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The Mission: Impossible films are getting increasingly crazy with their stunts. From underwater feats to scaling the tallest buildings, star Tom Cruise is willing to do anything, and it seems he may have done his wildest stunt yet with the upcoming seventh instalment. During Paramount’s presentation at CinemaCon on Thursday, the audience was treated to […]

Mission: Impossible 7 halts production for two weeks following positive coronavirus test

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The seventh instalment in the long-running Mission: Impossible franchise has had to halt production after at least one crew member has tested positive for coronavirus. As reported by The Hollywood Reporter, the production will shut down for 14 days while those involved in the project self-isolate. A statement from the production reads: “We have temporarily halted […]