Impossible 7' និង '8' Shift to Summer 2023, 2024

Paramount and Skydance have announced that Tom Cruise’s next two បេសកកម្ម: មិនអាចទៅរួច movies will open a bit later than intended. Christopher McQuarrie’s បេសកម្ម៖ មិនអាចទៅរួច ៧ (or whatever they’ll call it) will now open not on September 30, 2022 (which was always a weird date for a global tentpole) but on July 14, 2023. Likewise, បេសកម្ម៖ មិនអាចទៅរួច ៧ (which may be the series finale) will open not on July 7, 2023 but June 28, 2024.  

This is more about finishing the movies on schedule (and having enough time to prep and produce the eighth installment) as it is about concerns about the theatrical marketplace. Top Gun: Maverick is still locked for May 27, 2022. Any concerns about a slew of new delays were arguably put to rest with the $33.8 million Fri-Mon debut of ស្រែក ចុង​ស​ប្តា​ហ៍​មុន។  

Sony moved មូបារ៉ាស។ because April 1 was a better date, and because Spider-Man: គ្មានផ្លូវនៅផ្ទះទេ was doing so damn well it didn’t make sense to interrupt its flow. Whether Sony will use the extra two months to throw in a cameo or two is entirely speculation, but I wish something (Liam Neeson’s Blacklight, លោក Channing Tatum សត្វឆ្កែ, etc.) had moved into the January 28 slot.  

Anyway, this leaves Puss in Boots: បំណងប្រាថ្នាចុងក្រោយ (September 23) as the preordained biggie of the month, and I’d advise New Line to possibly move Olivia Wilde’s កុំបារម្ភអី (currently on September 23) to the now vacant September 30 slot. This is obviously good news for Spider-Man: ឆ្លងកាត់ Spider-Verse ផ្នែក I as it’ll be that much more “the biggest biggie of the biggies” when it debuts October 7. 

ការផ្លាស់ប្តូរ បេសកម្ម៖ មិនអាចទៅរួច ៧ to summer 2023 makes sense as it gives Paramount two (hopefully) summer tentpoles next season alongside Transformers: ការកើនឡើងនៃសត្វ on June 9, 2023. It’ll open a week before Chris Nolan’s អូផិនហឺមឺរ។ and two weeks prior to Marvel’s Ant-Man និង Wasp: Quantumania. បេសកម្ម៖ មិនអាចទៅរួច ៧ joins WB’s ខឹងខ្លាំងណាស់ (May 24) as the only explicitly dated tentpole for summer 2024.  

While this will make a five-year gap since បេសកកម្ម: មិនអាចទៅរួច - ការធ្លាក់ចុះ (July 30, 2018), the franchise has usually allowed time to pass between installments. បេសកកម្ម៖ មិនអាចទៅរួចទី ២ opened on Memorial Day weekend 2000, four years almost to the day after បេសកកម្ម: មិនអាចទៅរួច. បេសកម្ម៖ មិនអាចទៅរួចទេ III opened six years later (May 2006) ខណៈពេល បេសកកម្ម: មិនអាចទៅរួច - ពិធីសារខ្មោច debuted in Christmas 2011. បេសកកម្ម: មិនអាចទៅរួច - ប្រជាជាតិបញ្ឆោត។ opened just 3.5 years later, as it responded to សង្គ្រាមផ្កាយ: កម្លាំងដាស់ moving from summer to Christmas 2015 by moving *up* five months for a late-July 2015 release.  

ជ្រុះ was the first to open in a comparatively “normal” franchise gap, as was supposed to be the case for part VII before Covid arrived. The seventh film has suffered stops and starts due to the obvious challenges with shooting a multi-location, globe-spanning action spectacular, one that prizes itself on (when possible) practical stunts and believe-your-eyes movie magic.   

We’ll see if Ryan Coogler’s ផេនឃឺរខ្មៅ៖ វ៉ាវ៉ាន់ដារហូត becomes the next mega-movie to move out of late 2022 due to the sheer Covid-specific challenges of finishing the damn thing. If so, I’d advise Warner Bros. to move ភ្លនេះ to Christmas and send Aquaman: អាណាចក្រដែលបាត់បង់ to the pre-Thanksgiving November slot. However, I think we’ve reached the point where further theatrical delays are about actually making the movie and finishing on time, not about whether enough people will show up when it does open.  

Christopher McQuarrie’s បេសកម្ម៖ មិនអាចទៅរួច ៧ (and, depending on who survives, បេសកកម្ម: មិនអាចទៅរួច 8) stars Tom Cruise alongside Rebecca Ferguson, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Henry Czerny, Simon Pegg, Vanessa Kirby, Angela Bassett, Cary Elwes, Indira Varma, Rob Delaney and Charles Parnell. Part 7 opens in summer 2023 while part 8 opens in summer 2024. For those itching for a Cruise fix, កំពូលកាំភ្លើង 2 is still slated for Memorial Day, 22 years after Mission: Impossible 2, ២៥ ឆ្នាំក្រោយ បេសកកម្ម: មិនអាចទៅរួច and 36 years after កំពូលកាំភ្លើង.