00:00Your instructor is one of the finest pilots this program has ever produced.
00:07The release of Top Gun Maverick has officially been pushed back from late June to Christmas
00:122020 amid the coronavirus pandemic. This makes it the latest Hollywood event film to move out
00:17of summer, underscoring the far-reaching impact of the virus. The long-awaited Top Gun sequel
00:22from Paramount, which was originally set to hit theaters in North America on June 24th,
00:26will now be released on December 23rd. Tom Cruise returns to star in Maverick alongside
00:31franchise newcomers Glenn Powell and Miles Teller.
00:34Your reputation precedes you. I have to admit I wasn't expecting an invitation back.
00:40They're called orders, Maverick.
00:41Paramount insiders say the decision to relocate Top Gun Maverick to Christmas allows Cruise to focus
00:46on preparing for the Mission Impossible 7 shoot before moving into the marketing blitz for Maverick.
00:51Mission Impossible 7 was set to begin production in Venice, Italy in late February,
00:55but those plans were halted due to the virus. The studio also announced a new date for John
00:59Krasinski's A Quiet Place Part 2. The movie, which had been set to open on March 20th in North
01:04America, will now go out on September 24th, 2020. Meanwhile, the SpongeBob movie Sponge on the Run,
01:10previously scheduled for May 22nd, will now hit theaters on July 31st. As of March 19th,
01:15virtually all movie theaters in the U.S. were closed because of the virus. No one is sure when they
01:20will reopen, some are hoping by mid-June. For more on this story, head to THR.com.
01:25For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.
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