In an exclusive report from Deadline, Paramount studio is said to have chose to halt the soft production for “Mission Impossible 6” amid the ongoing negotiations on the pay of the franchise’s lead star, Tom Cruise, along with other stars.
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It looks as though Tom Cruise might not choose to accept his sixth mission for the International Monetary Fund.
Paramount initially planned Mission: Impossible 6 to be released late 2017, but it is now undated. Meanwhile, other sources said that the 54-year-old actor wants to increase his already eight-figure pay from the project. As the last film Mission Impossible – Rogue Nation, earned $682 million box office collection worldwide after all on the box office. Skydance is co-financing. Christopher McQuarrie is set to write and helm, having directed the most recent installment to great success.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, “one of the contentious points is Cruise’s back-end profit participation, with the actor looking to match or exceed what he is getting paid by Universal for starring in The Mummy…” The film had a staggering gross $680 million globally.
Deadline reports that up to 20 people had been hired in London to start work on the upcoming movie but it has been put on hold while discussions continue over Tom’s pay. The preproduction will resume after the deals are done. Production on Mission: Impossible 6 isn’t scheduled to begin until next year, so there’s still some wiggle room for these negotiations.
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It isn’t the first time the sequel has hit problems either, with Mission: Impossible 6 also reportedly on the brink of falling apart over script issues in the past – which pushed a November production date back to 2017.
