COVID-19 has forced yet another major release date push as Paramount announced on Wednesday that three of its biggest upcoming titles — “Top Gun: Maverick,” “Mission: Impossible 7” and “Jackass Forever” — will be pushed back to 2022.
“Mission: Impossible 7,” which had been slated for release next year on Memorial Day weekend, has been moved to Sept. 30, 2022, while “Top Gun: Maverick” moves to that Memorial Day slot from a previous spot of Nov. 19. “Jackass Forever” will move from Oct. 2 to Feb. 4, 2022.
While Paramount has released one of the few pandemic box office success stories of the year with “A Quiet Place — Part II,” the two blockbusters starring Tom Cruise are critical tentpoles for the studio with $150 million-plus budgets co-produced with Skydance.
Paramount Delays ‘Mission: Impossible 7,’ ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ in Response to Delta Variant
Studio also moves “Jackass Forever” from October 2021 to February 2022
