Tom Cruise’s 'Mission: Impossible 7' Covid Delays Cost Studio Tens Of Millions, Paramount Sues Insurer For Refusing To Pay Up
Aug. 30 2021, Published 4:52 p.m. ET
Tom Cruise famously lost it on the set of Mission: Impossible 7 after the film had to be shut down multiple times due to Covid, and it appears he might have been feeling pressure from the studio execs to get the film on track.
According to court documents obtained by Breaking Celebrity News, Paramount Pictures is suing Federal Insurance Company over its refusal to pay up on a policy they took out for the production of MI7.
The studio says they purchased an insurance policy against losses resulting from delays and interruptions of the film. Paramount say the film is a big budget flick with a ton of money on the line so they took out a massive $100,000,000 policy.
The suit says the production had to be shut down several times due to Covid-19 threats and “the orders of civil authorities restricting or preventing the production from continuing as planned.”
The company says they lost “significant losses” as a result which should be covered under their policy. Paramount says when they went to collect on the policy their claim was d