Mission: Impossible 7 UK shoot halts after a member of the production tested positive for Covid. The shoot will stop for 14 days.
It is unclear how many people involved in the production tested positive. Safety protocols are being followed, with the affected crew members reportedly self-isolating.
A spokesperson for Paramount said,
We have temporarily halted production on Mission: Impossible 7 until June 14 due to positive coronavirus test results during routine testing. We are following all safety protocols and will continue to monitor the situation.
A source close to the production confirmed the news to The Hollywood Reporter. Pandemic-related lockdowns impacted the film during its early days in February 2020.
In December, audio leaked from the set where Tom Cruise was heard yelling at some of the crew members after they violated Covid production regulations.
Previously, Cruise had also paid around $671,207 (£500,000) for the movie’s cast and crew to isolate on an old cruise ship in order to follow strict COVID isolation rules.
He has been very serious about maintaining safety protocols while shooting amidst the pandemic. Hence, despite so many precautions, a crew member testing positive is surprising.
Produced by Paramount and Skydance, Mission: Impossible 7 is written and directed by Christopher McQuarrie, who directed the franchise’s Rogue Nation and Fallout. McQuarrie will also be directing the eighth installment.
Cruise returns as IMF agent Ethan Hunt, with cast members including Rebecca Ferguson, Esai Morales, Hayley Atwell, Shea Whigham, Pom Klementieff, and Henry Czerny.
There’s no news of whether this delay might push the release date even further. The film’s lengthy shoot is almost at its end.
Considering that it has only been shut down for a week, the release date should remain the same unless further delays occur. Mission: Impossible 7 is set to hit the movie theatres on May 27, 2022.
| Cast | Character |
| Tom Cruise | Ethan Hunt |
| Vanessa Kirby | White Widow |
| Rebecca Ferguson | Ilsa Faust |
| Angela Bassett | Erika Sloane |
| Simon Pegg | Benji Dunn |
| Ving Rhames | Luther Stickell |
| Henry Czerny | Eugene Kittridge |
About Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One is the seventh installment in the long-running Mission Impossible film series and will see the return of Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt. Christopher McQuarrie will direct the upcoming American action spy film.
Mission Impossible film series is centered around Ethan Hunt. Hunt is a senior field agent for the Impossible Mission Force, elite top-secret espionage and covert operations agency that handles dangerous and highly sensitive international missions deemed “impossible.”
Further cast members include Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby, Henry Czerny, Esai Morales, Angela Bassett, Frederick Schmidt, Hayley Atwell, Pom Klementieff, and Indira Varma, amongst many others.
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