Tom Cruise’s high-flying sequelTop Gun: MaverickandEmily Blunt’s horror filmA Quiet Place Part 2have been delayed once again by Paramount, which has also sold theMichael B. JordanmovieWithout Remorseto Amazon.
Paramount chose to punt its surefire hits to next year, asA Quiet Place Part 2moves from Sept. 6, 2020 to June 16, 2025, whileTop Gun: Maverickhas been pushed back from Aug 24, 2025 to August 22, 2025. These are obviously smart moves by Paramount, which can’t afford to take any chances right now by releasing its tentpoles into an uncertain marketplace.
Elsewhere, the newJackassmovie has shifted from July 2021 to Sept. 3, 2021, whileThe Tiger’s Apprenticehas been pushed back a year, from Jul 15, 2025 to Jun 20, 2025. Finally,Under the Boardwalkwill hit theaters on July 28, 2025.
“We truly believe that there is no movie-viewing experience like the one enjoyed in theaters,” Paramount executivesChris AronsonandMark Vianesaid in a joint statement. “We are committed to the theatrical experience and our exhibition partners, and want to stress that we are confident that, when the time comes, audiences everywhere will once again enjoy the singular joy of seeing Paramount films on the big screen.” Oh, the singular joy!
This is the second delay for AQuiet Place 2, which was originally scheduled to open on March 20 before the coronavirus pandemic forced major theater chains to close their doors just a few days earlier. Theaters have largely been shut down ever since, though AMC said it plans to reopen before the end of August – when blockbusters likeTenetandMulanwere slated to open until both were entirely removed from the theatrical calendar. That leftA Quiet Place 2slated to be the first major studio release in four months – a position that Paramount didn’t want to be in, and frankly, I can’t blame them.John Krasinski’s sequel is poised to do big business after the first film grossed $340 million worldwide back in 2018.
As forTop Gun: Maverick, directorJoseph Kosinskihas finished the film, but Cruise would not have been available to promote it this winter, as he’s scheduled to film the next twoMission: Impossiblemovies. Those sequels have already suffered production delays, and Paramount understandably didn’t want to have to postpone them any further, which is why the studio movedTop Gun: Maverickto next summer, which is a more natural fit for the action movie.
RegardingWithout Remorse, Paramount likely sensed the CIA thriller wasn’t going to break any box office records and decided to cut a deal with a deep-pocketed streamer and take a quick profit to generate cash flow. Amazon is already in theTom Clancybusiness thanks to itsJack Ryanseries starring Krasinski, so now it has all of those characters under one roof. Keep in mind that Paramount and Jordan originally envisionedWithout Remorseas the start of a potential franchise. We’ll see if Amazon is thinking the same.
Stefano Sollima(ZeroZeroZero) directed the Skydance production, which co-starsJamie BellandJodie Turner-Smith, and was written byTaylor SheridanandAkiva Goldsman. The film was originally slated for release on Sept. 18 before Paramount moved it to Oct. 2, and later, Jun 02, 2025.Varietybroke the news aboutWithout Remorse, reporting that it’s expected to premiere on Amazon Prime, and may be a sign of Amazon’s more commercial strategy going forward following years of disappointing returns on arthouse fare.
To watch the Super Bowl trailer forTop Gun: Maverick,click here, and to watch the latest trailer forA Quiet Place 2,click here.
