New Tom Cruise Movie to be Filmed Aboard The ISS
Very recently, we discovered that Tom Cruise was planning to talk with NASA alongside Elon Musk to try and make a film in space. The film would be the first feature length movie filmed in outer space and would be a technical achievement for the movie industry. The movie was only revealed at the time to be an action-adventure film. Cruise’s new unnamed film will see Cruise working with Elon Musk’s SpaceX and alongside NASA who have now confirmed that they would help with the project. This film will be unlike any other film that has ever been shot before and will be a landmark achievement for many.
Tom Cruise is an actor, at this point, who has tried to push the boundaries of everything that he does. The ‘Mission: Impossible’ series is a perfect example of him doing just that. Every one of those movies has some kind of insane stunt that most people, let alone actors, would try and attempt even with all of the safety equipment on set. Due to Tom Cruise not liking the idea of using stunt doubles, he did a few stunts that easily could have killed him. In the most recent films ‘Rogue Nation’ and ‘Fallout,’ Cruise did a number of stunts that put him in a lot of danger.
Cruise has had to complete an action shot underwater with no way of breathing, he’s had to make approximately 100 jumps from an airplane to get a three minute scene done, and he had to hold onto an airplane while it was taking off. Not to mention, he has had to get certified to make the skydiving jumps and he has had to get certified to pilot a helicopter for a chase scene. It is obvious that Cruise has no aversion to crazy stunts and putting everything into the role and scene he is given. So now that he will be going to space, what can we expect from the big-time actor in this upcoming film.
Not much is really known about the new film except that it is an action-adventure narrative film. NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine sent out a tweet saying that the movie would be filmed aboard the International Space Station, or ISS. Bridenstine has hopes that Cruise’s new film will “inspire a new generation of engineers and scientists.” The ISS is a low orbit space station, which is operated and manned by five different nations and their respective space agencies. So, with this in mind, it will be interesting to see how they decide to approach the filming of the movie. With so much work needed for the film, it will certainly be an interesting project to see a final product for, and it will definitely be worth a watch.