Mission: Impossible 7 and Mission: Impossible 8 will not shoot back-to-back as initially scheduled. Since debuting in 1996, the Mission: Impossible film franchise has only gotten stronger with age. Paramount wasted no time in creating more sequels, bringing back director Christopher McQuarrie to oversee Mission: Impossible 7 and Mission: Impossible 8.

When those projects were initially announced in early 2019, the idea was they would film back-to-back to meet planned release dates in summer 2021 and 2022. Of course, that was well before the coronavirus pandemic occurred and greatly unsettled Mission: Impossible 7 production. After facing numerous delays, the seventh entry is coming soon, but its direct sequel will need to wait for a touch longer to urge ahead of the cameras.