Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One was probably always going to be a pretty expensive movie to make. But due to the fact that it was the first major tentpole film to shut down when the pandemic started, it began shooting while covid restrictions were at their most significant and the movie had to shut down multiple times due to outbreaks. Its budget became a somewhat impressive $300 million, which resulted in a clash between Tom Cruise, director Christopher McQuarrie, and Paramount over costs.
Last year, during the production of Mission: Impossible 7 it had been reported that Tom Cruise was in “crisis talks” over the production’s budget. Due to the slow pace of production that was necessitated by covid, the movie had reportedly cost a lot more than planned. But Cruise and company still wanted to produce a movie on par with the previous entries. In a new piece in Variety, Paramount Pictures CEO Brian Robbins admits that he clashed with Cruise and McQuarrie over the budget of the movie, saying…
