Updated On: 16 February, 2021 11:58 AM IST | Washington | ANI
The reason for this is because the franchise`s lead actor Tom Cruise is needed on promotional duties for Paramount Pictures` `Top Gun: Maverick`, which is planned to release on July 2.

Tom Cruise. Pic/AFP
The ambitious plan to shoot `Mission: Impossible 7 and 8` consecutively is being changed. As the current production of `MI:7` nears completion, the movie`s team will not be rolling right into shooting `MI: 8` as originally planned.
According to Deadline, the plan to shoot the franchise`s eighth edition back-to-back has been altered by Paramount.