The fifth installment in Tom Cruise's uber-successful "Mission: Impossible" franchise has had its release date moved up: The flick will now premiere in July, instead of its planned holiday release.
No official reason was given by Paramount for the switch, though it's likely that the studio wanted to release the sure-to-be-blockbuster flick in the summer months, when big action movies dominate the box office. According to TheWrap, "M:I 5" will now go up against the "Point Break" remake, Ryan Reynolds's sci-fi flick "Self/Less," and boxing drama "Southpaw," starring Jake Gyllenhaal and directed by Antoine Fuqua.
In exchange for swapping out "Mission," Paramount has slotted the animated film "Monster Trucks" into "M:I 5"'s original Christmas Day release date.
Cruise returns for his fifth outing in the series, re-teaming with his "Jack Reacher" director Christopher McQuarrie on the project. J.J. Abrams will co-produce along with Cruise.
"Mission: Impossible 5" will now arrive in theaters on July 31.
[via: TheWrap]
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