Tom Cruise will be the first celebrity to shoot a movie in space aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
On Tuesday, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) administrator Jim Bridenstine announced that the organization will be collaborating with Cruise on a movie.
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“NASA is excited to work with @TomCruise on a film abroad the @Space_Station! We need popular media to inspire a new generation of engineers and scientists to make @NASA’s ambitious plans a reality,” Bridenstine tweeted.
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Deadline reported Monday that Cruise, Elon Musk‘s SpaceX and NASA are working on a project that would be the first narrative feature film to be shot in outer space.
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Musk responded to Bridenstine’s tweet on Tuesday, writing, “Should be a lot of fun!”
The film is not part of the Mission: Impossible franchise and no studio is attached to the project at this stage, according to Deadline.
A few films have been shot on board the ISS, including Space Station 3D, a Canadian-American 3D short documentary film about the ISS narrated by Cruise.
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Another film shot in space was 2012’s Apogee of Fear by Richard Garriott, the son of an astronaut.
Cruise will be the first actor to film a movie in space but it’s not clear when he will travel to the space station or if others will be joining him.
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