Production of Mission: Impossible 7 was forced to end filming in the Middle East in a setback for the film, the U.K. tabloid Sun reported. The production has been trying to make a fall release date amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
An excerpt from the Sun:
Production staff demanded they were allowed to head back to the UK this weekend before hotel quarantine rules come into effect on Monday.
Studio bosses have now had to charter a private jet to bring them home because they were up in arms about not being able to return to their families.
A movie insider said: “The whole production has hit yet another issue and there have been revolts among the cast and crew.”
M:I 7, starring and produced by Tom Cruise, currently has a November release date. The disruption raises the possibility of a delay. No Time to Die, the 25th James Bond film, has an October release date.
An M:I 7 delay would eliminate direct competition between the two spy-fi productions. As things now stand, No Time to Die comes out Oct. 8 in the U.S. followed by M:I 7 six weeks later.
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