Filming of the movie was due to start Monday onwards in Venice, where the final two days of the lagoon city's annual Carnival festival was cancelled on Sunday. New coronavirus cases have reached above 220 on Monday as Italy shuts down much of its wealthy north to stop the disease's spread.
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In lieu to ensure 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, the scheduled first leg of an extensive production for Mission: Impossible 7, Paramount Pictures, a unit of ViacomCBS, said in a statement.
The studio said it was allowing the film crew to return home during the delay and that it would "continue to monitor this situation" in Italy.