Even the production of the film Mission: Impossible 5 seems a little bit impossible to achieve now, especially since Paramount decided to speed up its release date from December to July 31 this year.
The Hollywood Reporter revealed that it is because of this decision that the film has currently taken a short break from production in London just to fix the ending, which they have deemed not good enough.
Writer and director Christopher McQuarrie took a breather from production in order to figure out a better ending for the Mission: Impossible 5 film, with the help of an unnamed writing collaborator.
Additionally, the said unnamed writer will remain unpaid and uncredited for his or her contribution to Mission: Impossible 5.
"Chris, Tom (Cruise) and a third person wanted to take a minute to get from what they thought was a good place to a more perfect place," a Hollywood Reporter source said.
The source added if the studio was really concerned with the film, they would not have moved up the release date five months earlier than agreed.
Meanwhile, another source described McQuarrie as "scrambling" to find an ending that would work on the film.
The Hollywood Report also noted that it's very unusual and extremely costly for a big budget film to halt midway into production, especially with a release date that is supposed to be five months later than what was imposed.
This is not the first time Paramount Studios suffered through movie production schedules. Back in 2013, its zombie apocalypse movie World War Z starring Brad Pitt and directed by Marc Forster also encountered setbacks, with a lot of revisions and the release date being pushed back several times.
It is because of their experience with World War Z that a high-ranking executive from Paramount called this roadblock encountered by Mission: Impossible 5 as a walk in the park. The executive commented, "Are you kidding? We made World War Z!"
Mission: Impossible 5 will be the last film for the series. Its last film Ghost Protocol, released in December 2011 was a box office hit with global earnings reaching $650 million.
The new action spy movie will bring back some familiar faces such as lead star Tom Cruise, who will be reprising his role as Ethan Hunt. Jeremy Renner will be William Brandt, Simon Pegg as Benji Dunn, and Ving Rhames as Luther Stickell.
Other cast members include Sean Harris, Rebecca Ferguson, Alec Baldwin as the head of the CIA, Simon McBurney, and Zhang Jingchu.
