‘Top Gun: Maverick,’ ‘Mission: Impossible 7’ Among Latest Paramount Delays

Jordan Moreau
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Paramount has delayed the release dates for several major films, including “Top Gun: Maverick,” “Mission: Impossible 7,” “Dungeons & Dragons” and more.

In total, 10 films had their release dates shuffled, with three of them starring Tom Cruise.

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“Top Gun: Maverick” is flying to November 19, 2021, from its previous date of July 2, 2021. “Mission: Impossible 7,” which had its spot taken by “Top Gun,” is getting pushed to next year, from November 19, 2021, to May 27, 2022. Its sequel “Mission: Impossible 8,” originally dated for November 4, 2022, is moving to July 7, 2023.

The “Dungeons & Dragons” movie starring Chris Pine, Hugh Grant and Regé-Jean Page has moved from May 27, 2022, to March 3, 2023.

The fourth installment in the “Jackass” franchise has been delayed from September 3, 2021, to October 22, 2021.

The “G.I. Joe” spinoff “Snake Eyes” starring Henry Golding is the lone movie to jump forward. It will release three months earlier on July 23, 2021, instead of October 22, 2021.

Four previously undated movies were added to the release calendar. An untitled movie about the Bee Gees will bow on November 4, 2022; the next “Star Trek” film will beam up on June 9, 2023; “The Shrinking of Treehorn” will release on November 10, 2023; and an untitled film starring Ryan Reynolds and John Krasinski will hit theaters on November 17, 2023.

Amid Paramount’s release date shake-up, Universal and Blumhouse moved up “The Forever Purge,” the latest in the horror franchise, one week from July 9, 2021, to July 2, 2021.

See the full list of scheduling changes from Paramount below:

SNAKE EYES, previously scheduled for October 22, 2021, is now set to open July 23, 2021 (wide).

JACKASS, previously scheduled for September 3, 2021, is now set to open October 22, 2021 (wide).

TOP GUN MAVERICK, previously scheduled for July 2, 2021, is now set to open November 19, 2021 (wide).

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 7, previously scheduled for November 19, 2021, is now set to open May 27, 2022 (wide).

UNTITLED BEE GEES is announced for November 4, 2022 (wide).

DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, previously scheduled for May 27, 2022, is now set to open March 3, 2023 (wide).

UNTITLED STAR TREK is announced for June 9, 2023 (wide).

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 8, previously scheduled for November 4, 2022, is now set to open July 7, 2023 (wide).

THE SHRINKING OF TREEHORN is announced for November 10, 2023 (wide).

UNTITLED RYAN REYNOLDS/JOHN KRASINSKI FILM is announced for November 17, 2023 (wide).

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