Due to the pandemic, the recording and premiere of “Mission Impossible 7” (MI7) was affected, so the actor had to suspend his filming work. Months later, the crew was able to return to Europe to film. When everything indicated that MI7 was set to arrive last year, a studio scheduling shift pushed the feature film to 2023, sparking a battle between Tom Cruise and Paramount Pictures.
In addition to that, at the time of announcing the changes in the release schedule, Paramount Pictures also announced that “Mission Impossible 7″ would have a period of 45 days in theaters before reaching the streaming service Paramount+. This situation further lit the fuse of fire, since for the actor the length of stay of the film in theaters was not enough.
legal battle
According to The Hollywood Reporter (THR), Cruise is unhappy from the delay in the premiere to the 45-day deadline that MI7 was given to reach streaming, since he wants it to be 90 days. The report published on the web says that there is a section in Tom’s contract that details that Mission Impossible 7 it should be handled in the same way as the previous installment (Mission: Impossible: Fallout), which stayed in theaters for three months and then hit streaming services.
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Cruise the one and only Ethan Hunt?
Mission Impossible began as a spy series on CBS (1966-1973), then moved to ABC in a remake (1988-1990) and already then it had enough success and many fans. In the nineties they worked to make a film adaptation and Tom Cruise fought for the leading role, and for the budget of the film, because he himself was a fan of the television series.
The film was released with considerable economic success in 1996 and the actor found in Ethan Hunt a character that has been able to exploit for decades. Since then, Cruise has maintained quite a bit of control over the franchise. According to (THR) research, Paramount ends up serving the performer’s interests more than their own.
Research reveals that Tom Cruise does not allow Paramount to fully exploit the material, even though they are the ones with the rights. It seems that the production company hoped to find a way to create an exclusive project for its streaming service, but the actor prevailed and prevented them from going ahead with the idea, and did the same with a similar proposal to release spin-offs or a reboot of Days of Thunder.
How could the actor impose himself on the producer?
Everything seems to indicate, according to the media’s investigation, that it has to do with the amount of money that his name brings to Paramount, which has gradually given in to his most unusual requests to complete Mission: Impossible 7 and Mission: Impossible 8. So we will see more tapes of Cruise with the total control of the movie star.
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