It is officially confirmed that Tom Cruise is venturing out into outer space in October of 2021. The veteran actor is known for his role in action-packed movies, starring in as the lead in one of most celebrated action movie franchise Mission Impossible. The actor is well known for doing high risk stunts and adrenaline popping sequences in movies.
Earlier this year, it was revealed that Tom signed up for a project working alongside Elon Musk and NASA to film a new movie in outer space.
The Space Shuttle Almanac tweeted Wednesday that previous reports that Cruise would lead the first movie filmed in outer space on the International Space Station (ISS) are coming to fruition. The 58-year-old actor will be joined by “The Bourne Identity” director Doug Liman next year as part of Elon Musk’s Axiom SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule.
Together, they’ll head to the ISS and begin production on the first major movie ever shot in space. Although the movie doesn’t yet have a title or plot, it will mark Cruise’s most ambitious stunt in a decade long career of death-defying on-screen moves.
There are a lot of questions regarding the project and many aspects are still unclear, but as more and more things are coming in light. We can surely expect amazing things to be seen with the development of the project. Despite the massive endeavor of filming in space, the talented team of people involved and experts supporting the idea gives surety that it could be possible.
