Mission Impossible 7 ‘runs millions over budget after Covid delays and Tom Cruise’s on-set meltdown – costing $290m’
MISSION Impossible 7's production costs are now at an eye-watering $290million after the coronavirus pandemic decimated the original budget, according to reports.
has endured setback after setback with its star Tom Cruise forced to piece together huge set pieces in between lockdowns.
And reports that film studio Paramount has had to shoulder the $50million spillover as co-producer Skydance has been reluctant to go beyond the initial $240million agreement.
It means the latest film in the Mission Impossible franchise is $100million more costly than its predecessor Fallout.
Cruise is also reportedly keen to finish filming Mission Impossible Eight before Seven hits cinemas in order to reduce the length of time fans will have to wait for the resolution to a major cliffhanger.
Film Seven will now reach cinemas on July 14, 2023, 10 months later than planned, while Eight will open on June 28, 2024, a year later than its original date.
The pressure to keep the production ticking over reached boiling point last year when Cruise tore into workers who broke Covid rules on set.
He flew into a rage after spotting two of the crew standing within two metres of each other.
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An audio tape captured him shouting: “If I see you do it again, you’re f***ing gone. And if anyone in this crew does it, that’s it — and you too and you too. And you, don’t you ever f***ing do it again.”
Fifty members of staff at Warner Bros. Studios in Leavesden, Herts, were left stunned by the angry outburst.
Two of the crew stood less than a metre away from each other at a computer screen.
Cruise, 59, was furious all his efforts to keep filming going during the pandemic could be at risk.
He went on: “They’re back there in Hollywood making movies right now because of us. “We are creating thousands of jobs, you motherf***ers.
“That’s it. No apologies. You can tell it to the people that are losing their f***ing homes because our industry is shut down. “
"We are not shutting this f***ing movie down. Is it understood? If I see it again, you’re f***ing gone.”
In October 2020, the Top Gun actor held crisis talks with the film’s director Christopher McQuarrie days after 12 people on set in Italy were said to have tested positive.
Up to 150 extras were told not to come in to shoot scenes in Venice as health chiefs traced contacts of those who had tested positive.
