He most recently reprised the stunt-loving secret agent last year in Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation, and following the critical and commercial success of that installment, Mission Impossible 6 was all set to go.
According to Deadline, Mission Impossible 6 production has been paused in order to work out a monetary dispute with Tom Cruise.
Since 1995, Tom Cruise has kept a recurring gig playing Ethan Hunt in the Mission Impossible movies, based on the same-named 1960s TV series.
Just like the previous Mission Impossible 6 movies, Mission Impossible 6 will see Ethan Hunt being going on a dangerous mission either on behalf of Impossible Mission Force, the U.S. government’s espionage agency, or for for some other, world-threatening reason.