Agent movie three major IPs.
"007" is destined to restart again in the exhausting journey of Daniel Craig;
After the end of the trilogy, the sequel and spin-offs were all mediocre, unable to open up a grander worldview;
Only "Mission Impossible" can maintain a high-light state all the way, the box office reputation has soared, and the "Atang brother" Tom Cruise, who is about to turn 60, does not seem to be old, according to this momentum, like the "Fast and Furious" series, the 10th part is filmed, and the 70-year-old is not a problem.
However, the seventh and eighth installments of the series, which were intended to be filmed back-to-back, have been repeatedly hampered by the pandemic.
Not only was "Mission Impossible 7" released from the original scheduled July 23, 2021, but it was withdrawn and postponed to July 14, 2023, but also the back-to-back shooting plan of "Mission Impossible 8" was forced to be abandoned.
Back-to-back shooting is good for cost savings.
Imagine that the crew does not need to reorganize, and when two movies are made in one movie, they can often achieve the effect of one plus one less than two.
Although this series emphasizes real shooting, it is not necessary to mention that it is a high-cost computer strong special effects, but unlike Nolan's kind of real shooting, which may be cheaper than special effects no matter how big the scene, the essence of Atang Ge's real shooting is to personally fight.
To sum up the two words is, playing with life.
This requires a lot of preparation by the crew to ensure the safety of the superstar.
Whether it is climbing the Dubai Tower or skydiving a plane, it is definitely necessary to rehearse in advance and then officially start shooting, and it is difficult to start shooting once.
In the part of the skydive in "Mission Impossible 6", Brother Tang jumped 106 times.
This has become the focus of publicity, after all, the 105 times of the positive film are not used, and the staff is not free to play with Brother Tang.
Therefore, the more thrilling and exciting AtangGe plays, the more the cost is rising.
It is no wonder that the film is simply shooting back-to-back to cope with the situation that will continue to innovate and break through.
Foreign media "Variety" reported that "Mission Impossible 7" and "Mission Impossible 8" will become the climax of the entire series.
In other words, a better understanding is that these two movies are the IP's "Reunion 3" and "Reunion 4".
At that time, Marvel was almost back-to-back shooting.
Another similarity is that the series climax will be accompanied by the farewell of the classic characters.
That's right, it's Ethan Hunter, played by Atango.
James Bond of "007" can constantly change actors, and even give the code name 007 to another role;
Jason Bourne of "Spy" made the fifth film, and his story seems to be able to continue, which is a more psychological portrayal of the character, Matt Damon can continue to play no matter how old;
Ethan Hunt is an action-oriented character, and you can't really expect Atango to fly up the wall when he's 70 years old, and if Atango really ends the series at its peak, it's not a bad thing.
"Fast and Furious" is a good example, in this kind of situation where one is more than one layer, the more difficult it is, rather than forcibly continuing, it is better to close it at the best, so that the series is perfect, rather than a rotten end or lingering.
Neither Paramount nor Sky Dance responded to the news revealed by Variety, possibly because Paramount's publicity strategy remained undetermined.
In the end, like "Wolverine 3", it is necessary to show the audience that this is a curtain call, creating a huge topic in advance;
Or like "Reunion 4", keep the plot content secret, so that the final suspense and shock are left in the theater.
Don't look at Brother Tang and the "Mission Impossible" series is playing well, a difficult fact is that even if the sixth film hit a new peak, breaking the series single box office record, that is, only 790 million US dollars worldwide.
If you look at "Fast and Furious 9" as a series of street-fighting works, it was still released in the epidemic era, and there can be 726 million, and you will know why it is called "only".
As it continues to surpass its predecessors, mission Impossible 7 already costs a standard $200 million super A-grade production.
This means that the global box office can not be lower than the previous game, otherwise there is no money to make.
"Variety" pointed out that although "Mission Impossible" is Paramount's big IP, due to the high box office dividends of AtangGe, in the end Paramount can get not much, after all, under the high cost, the original rate of return is not high.
And because of the suspension of the middle and the back-to-back plan being destroyed, the cost of "Mission Impossible 7" has gone to a staggering 290 million.
This is already comparable to "Avengers 3", which may cost 300 million.
Because of the increase in budget, Sky Dance, one of the producers, has been squeezed dry and can no longer afford to spend more. Although the company previously sold "Tomorrow's War" to Amazon for $200 million.
Last year, because of the suspension of filming, Paramount has also given an additional budget of 50 million to "Mission Impossible 7". In short, the global box office must be stable after taking 1 billion back.
Seeing that only one movie "Spider-Man: Heroes Gone" last year could break 1 billion worldwide, and Hollywood was gradually marginalized in the Chinese market, it is no wonder that Paramount chose a safer way in January this year - to withdraw the file.
It was originally released on September 30 this year, directly postponed by nearly a year.
The reason for the withdrawal is also because it is necessary to cooperate with the schedule of "Mission Impossible 8".
It is reported that Tang Ge hopes that these two important works can not be released for too long, in the case of "Mission Impossible 8" is still slow progress, it can only be "Mission Impossible 7" after pressing, so that not only can wait for the market to further recover, but also achieve the purpose of bundled marketing.
After the release of Mission Impossible 7 on July 14, 2023, Mission Impossible 8 was released on June 28, 2024.
Both are summer slots, with an interval of less than a year.