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Last weekend of August has become a spy weekend in the U.S. The previous M:I film had that slot, Jason Bourne last year and Atomic Blonde this year.
I'm not sure if we'll get that again with MI6 (based on Christopher McQuarrie's recent comments), and if not, someone else will have to take over that space, because there is a market for it. Hopefully Bond will return there.
http://screenrant.com/mission-impossible-6-tom-cruise-parachute-images/
We joked about that earlier.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tom-cruise-apparently-injured-mission-impossible-6-stunt-1029086
This is an area that he and Dan excel at. They take the hits, suck it up and move on. Though I always say, Tom's team must have panic attacks at times, dealing with him.
PS notice that the headline is "apparantly injured".
The gutsiest stunt in AVTAK was kissing Grace Jones and Sir Roger Moore did that stunt himself makes hanging on an airplane look like peanuts. ;)
He hit that edge pretty hard. His limp afterwards showed pain, but not nearly as much as he was actually feeling, I'm sure. He may be 55, but his life clock age is some 10 years younger than that, so I'm certain he'll be back at it in no time. ;)
https://www.yahoo.com/movies/tom-cruise-breaks-two-bones-halts-production-mission-impossible-6-four-months-080331085.html
I hope a speedy recovery for the Cruiser. I know a lot of people don't like or flat-out hate the guy, but when he says he works hard to give an audience its moneys worth I believe it. Although it's not the worst thing to have a stunt man sometimes.
He broke every single bone in his body during his decades long career, did he not? That man is a legend.
The footage doesn't seem to be too sunny for Tom's condition judging by how he moves, so I think it's fairly safe to assume that he may not be in great shape after that hit.
The video seemed descriptive enough: he performed (and failed) the stunt twice and limped away each time. If he didn't break anything, then he must've sprained something. Good news is that London was their last stop for shooting, and I think they got all the major stunts out of the way already.
@Creasy47, that last bit is a relief. I'm glad the team and Tom won't have to worry about rushing back to finish any big pieces of the stunts. It's crazy that he does so many insane things, but it's a simple jump that bites him this time. Glad he's okay though, and that it wasn't more severe.
@jake24, Dan's injury isn't a great example, as, though he toughed it out and came back to work the movie had to be shaped around it in some areas because of what he couldn't do while dealing with it. So while the production wasn't halted for long, it was changed due to the injury, and that's never good. Dan isn't the type to mope about it, but I'm sure the stress around it all was horrible, even outside the pain. Tom is just as professional and I'm sure he's in the same boat, more worried about getting the movie done right than himself.
But in no case is this kind of thing a good sign, as it jeopardizes or changes a production at times to a large degree.
Hope for the best and prepare for the worst, I suppose. Would be great if he healed in just a week or so. The film is still roughly a year out and from what I've gathered, they didn't have much longer to film, so I think they could get away with keeping the same release date IF production had to be severely halted due to his injury.
@0BradyM0Bondfanatic7, exactly. Looks like for this one he has done insane stunts involving helicopters, parachuting, and insane car chases, and a mere building-to-building jump did him in.
For that kind of injury, and his age, it doesn't seem strange to me. I trust @chrisisall's thoughts on this as well, for his experience in these kinds of matters and how injuries can effect a person's regimen and ability to do particular stunts.