Deathstroke Actor Replaces Nicholas Hoult as Villain in Mission: Impossible 7 and 8

Esai Morales has joined the cast of Mission: Impossible 7 and 8, reportedly replacing Nicholas Hoult as the villain in the upcoming sequels. Filmmaker Christopher McQuarrie, the writer and director of Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation and Fallout, who has signed on to write and direct the next two sequels back-to-back, revealed that Morales had been cast in the latest instalments of the Mission: Impossible franchise in an Instagram post on Thursday. "We all face the same fate," McQuarrie wrote in the caption of his post, which included the hashtags for M:I-7 and M:I-8. While McQuarrie kept details about Morales' character tightly under wraps, Deadline reports that he has been brought on board to replace Hoult, who was cast in a villainous role earlier this year, since recent production delays put Hoult in "conflict with another commitment." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2018/07/13/mission-impossible-in-7-minutes-2018-update"] The cast and crew of Mission: Impossible 7 were apparently poised to shoot a major sequence in Italy when that country went into lockdown and production on the Tom Cruise film shut down indefinitely. This setback in the shooting schedule has reportedly forced Hoult to drop out of the production altogether. Meanwhile, Morales, who played the DC villain Deathstroke in the second season of Titans, joins the cast alongside Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson, Shea Whigham, Pom Klementieff and Hayley Atwell, who has portrayed Peggy Carter in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since 2011's Captain America: The First Avenger. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=every-delayed-movie-due-to-coronavirus-so-far&captions=true"] With the resumption of filming still unclear, Paramount Pictures recently pushed back the release of Mission: Impossible 7 from July 23, 2021, to November 19, 2021. Mission: Impossible 8, previously scheduled for wide release on August 5, 2022, has also now been pushed to November 4, 2022. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.

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