Will ‘Mission Impossible 6’ Get Cancelled? Production Halts Over Tom Cruise’s Pay Dispute

The preproduction of "M:I6 Mission: Impossible" has been put on hold as Paramount settles the issue on Tom Cruise's pay. But fret not, the chances that the next Mission Impossible installment will be canceled is very slim. Paramount is definitely making it, but not without Tom Cruise.

In an exclusive report from Deadline, Paramount studio is said to have decided to halt the soft production for "Mission Impossible 6" amid the ongoing negotiations on the pay of the franchise's lead star, Tom Cruise, along with other stars. Sources told the publication that Paramount wants to cut Cruise's fee, as well as those of other producers including Bad Robot and Skydance. Meanwhile, other sources said that the 54-year-old actor wants to increase his already eight-figure pay from the project.

In the first three movies of "Mission: Impossible" movies, Tom Cruise earned more than $75 million after factoring in gross profits, the Daily Mail noted. The publication said that Cruise reportedly wants to bump it to match, even exceed, the deal he received from Universal Studios for the reboot of "The Mummy," which the actor has just finished working on.

"Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation" was a hit when it was released in 2015, and Tom Cruise received an upfront $25 million. The film had a staggering gross $680 million globally.

"Mission Impossible" writer and director Christopher McQuarrie has started writing the script and a group of 15 to 20 people in London have begun work on the designs of visual effects. They were told to stop the work for now. The preproduction will resume after the deals are done. The full-scale production has previously been scheduled to begin in January, so there really is no rush to this. The delay of the production to early next year was because of "script issues" back in July.