After doing every possible daredevil stunt on earth, Hollywood action star Tom Cruise could well be off to his next destination – this time the International Space Station. According to sources, the Top Gun actor could be going to space to perform a spacewalk for an upcoming unannounced film, becoming the first civilian to do so.
Yes, you read it right, the actor is set to live the dream of many people if things materialize.
Universal Pictures boss Donna Langley confirmed in a BBC interview that Cruise would be taking the world to space. “We have a great project in development with Tom, that does contemplate him doing just that. Taking a rocket up to the space station and shooting and hopefully being the first civilian to do a spacewalk outside of the space station.”
According to Variety, Universal Pictures is backing the Cruise space project that is reported to have a budget of $200 million. She further revealed that while the movie will send Cruise to space, most scenes are shot on Earth, and then Cruise’s character would need to go up to space to save the day.
She described the character as a “down-on-his-luck guy who founds himself as the only person who could save Earth.” Doug Liman, who will be directing the movie, has previously worked with Cruise in other films, like “Edge of Tomorrow” (2014) and “American Made” (2017).
Further details of the movie are kept secret, although it has been announced that the film crew is working with NASA and SpaceX to complete this project. This will be the first Hollywood film ever to film in space.
Liman told Thrillist last year about being part of the project that “When a producer proposes something crazy to you, like, let’s try to shoot a movie in outer space, and NASA and SpaceX sign on, and Tom Cruise signs on… you’re just a little bit more receptive.”
But Langley emphasized the majority of the film would take place on earth until Cruise’s character, who she described as “a down-on-his-luck guy who finds himself in the position of being the only person who could save Earth,” takes a heroic journey up to space to save the day.
There’s no word yet on a projected release date, but stay tuned here for more as the story develops.
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Sources: DailyWire, Thrillist, Variety, BBC News, Fox News
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