Prodution on the latest film in the (Mission) (Impossible) series starring Tom Cruise has been stopped in ltaly following the outbreak of coronavirus cases, US media reported Monday.

According to entertaiment specialist The Wrap, The seventh instalment of the Paramount Pictures was scheduled to shoot in Venice for three weeks.

Out of an abundance of caution for the safety and well-being of our cast and crew,and efforts of the local Venetian government to halt public gatherings in response to the threat of coronavirus,we are altering the production plan for our three-week shoot in Venice,"a Paramount spokesperson said in a statement to The Wrap.

The spokesperson added that Cruise had not traveled to ltaly, and that crew members were allowed to return home until production stared.


Italy reported its seventh death from the new coronavirus Monday, but officials called for calm and reported  a lower rise in the number of infections after a spike over the wekend.