Paramount’s ‘Mission: Impossible’ Secures China Release Date

Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning, the action movie from
Paramount Global, won China’s consent for release on May 30, according to people familiar with the matter.

The decision follows the approval in recent weeks for other Hollywood pictures to play in Chinese theaters, such as Walt Disney Co.’s live-action remake of Lilo & Stitch and How to Train Your Dragon from Comcast Corp.’s Universal Pictures.

Tom Cruise attends the “Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning” global premiere in Leicester Square in London on May 15.

Photographer: Joe Maher/Getty Images

The move suggests there’s been no measurable retaliation against Hollywood as a result of trade tensions between the US and China. The Beijing government said in April it will ...