Next 'Mission: Impossible' delayed a year as actors strike drags on

The eighth installment of the “Mission: Impossible” franchise has been postponed a year, signaling a new wave of release schedule juggling for Hollywood studios as the actors strike surpasses three months of work stoppage. Paramount Pictures on Monday shifted the release date of “Dead Reckoning — Part Two” from June 28 to May 23, 2025. As Hollywood’s labor turmoil has continued, it has increasingly upended release plans not just for movies this fall that want to wait until their stars can promote them, but some of next year’s top big-screen attractions. The first “Dead Reckoning” installment in the action franchise starring Tom Cruise earned $567.5 million worldwide.