Mission: Impossible 7: Tom Cruise film rocked by motorbike stunt gone wrong

Production had just got back up and running

Mission: Impossible 7 is said to have been hit by yet another delay after a motorbike stunt went dangerously wrong.

The vehicle was supposed to safely land on a platform of pillows filled with cardboard after a particular sequence.

However, due to the heat and the friction of the tyres, it caught alight, which reportedly forced the stuntman to jump clear.

According to The Sun, Tom Cruise – the film’s lead star and producer – was working on another stunt elsewhere.

Set photos show black smoke around the area where the stunt took place. Reports say that Oxfordshire Fire Service put the fire out and that nobody was injured.

The costly stunt is thought to have been six weeks in the making, with a source admitting: “Unfortunately, it was miscalculated.”

They continued: “The heat and the friction of the tyres meant that when the bike crashed, the cardboard padding sparked and went up in flames.”

According to reports, Cruise is “frustrated” by the delay, with the inside calling the situation “a catastrophe”.

The Independent has contacted Paramount Pictures for comment.

Earlier this month, the sequel – which is being directed by Christopher McQuarrie – found itself in deep water after it was reported the film’s crew is pushing to blow up a bridge in Poland that is considered a national monument by locals.

Tom Cruise in previous Mission: Impossible film ‘Fallout’ (Paramount Pictures)

Part of the disused bridge, which is situated in the village of Pilchowice, would be detonated for the stunt.

However, crew members are facing obstruction from local citizens despite Deputy Culture Minister Pawel Lewandowsk claiming that the bridge has no cultural value.

Production on Mission: Impossible 7, which will be directed by Christopher McQuarrie, is set to resume in the UK in September, before heading to Poland in April.

The film will be released in November 2022.