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Tom Cruise Pay Stalls ‘Mission: Impossible 6’ Pre-Production

Paramount Pictures wants producers to trim their fees, TheWrap is told

| August 20, 2016 @ 10:20 AM
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“Mission: Impossible 6” preproduction is on hiatus until Tom Cruise and Paramount Pictures get their deal straightened out.

At issue are the back-end fees for producers, like Cruise, Bad Robot and Skydance. The studio wants to see those trimmed, one person with knowledge of the negotiations told TheWrap.

Some preliminary prep work had begun on “MI:6”, a second person told us separately. It’s since stalled, and Paramount won’t pick the early development back up until there’s a full script and a deal with their star.

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Cruise is currently in London filming “The Mummy,” while Christopher McQuarrie pens the first draft of the “MI:6” screenplay. So there’s plenty of time for all parties to get on the same page here. Cruise is making more money from Universal’s “Mummy,” according to media reports. There-in lies some of his bargaining chips.

Paramount planned to begin actual production in January 2017 for a 2018 release date. That timing still feels possible, deal permitting. The movie is a big priority for Paramount, and it certainly cannot be done without Cruise until another reboot — in other words, don’t fret, fans.

The most recent film in the “Mission: Impossible” franchise — 2015’s “Rogue Nation” — hauled in $682,330,139 worldwide, per Box Office Mojo. “Ghost Protocol” in 2011 ($209 million) and 2000’s “Mission: Impossible 2” ($215 million) have both earned more, while 1996’s original ($181 million) and 2006’s third installment ($134 million) made less.

For the record, a previous version of this story had the incorrect worldwide box office grosses for “Mission: Impossible: Rogue Nation.” We apologize for the error.

'Top Gun': A Short History of the Volleyball Scene (Photos)

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Look inside the famous shirtless and sweaty sequence with Tom Cruise and Val Kilmer 30 years later

In the 30-plus years since “Top Gun” was released, its sporty, bro-mantic volleyball scene has been parodied and oft-mocked for its not-so-subdued sexuality, set to the tune of Kenny Loggins’ “Playing With the Boys.”

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