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New Tom Cruise Movie Will Film Aboard The ISS Confirms NASA
Tom Cruise's newest movie will film aboard the ISS, confirms NASA. Cruise has long been seen as one of the leading boundary pushing actors working, having taken the Mission: Impossible series (and action films in general) to dizzying new heights. It should come as no surprise to many, then, that given the star’s extensive background and willingness to endure actual physical harm in order to entertain audiences, a trip to space was bound to happen eventually.
Recent news has revealed that Cruise is busy working out the specifics of a new action project, which will be shot in space. The currently unnamed film will reportedly see Cruise join forces with Elon Musk’s SpaceX program, as well as NASA. At present there remains many unanswered questions, and for some, the news seems absurd, given all the different ways in which such an endeavor could be hugely problematic. What’s more, the reality of such a project is perhaps too much for many to take on right now, given the current state of Hollywood and the world. However, few people seem to enjoy exactly this sort of challenge more than Cruise, and so far, the project is looking increasingly real.
The latest bit of publicly confirmed information on the project comes to fans courtesy of a tweet from NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine. In it, Bridenstine reveals the unnamed project will film aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The ISS is a low orbit space station, which is operated and manned by five different nations and their respective space agencies. You can check out Bridenstine’s tweet below, in which he delivers the exciting news as well as his hopes that Cruise’s film will help "to inspire a new generation of engineers and scientists":
The ISS has been in orbit now for over two decades and has been occupied for 19 years. As previously mentioned, it is a joint project between the space agencies of the United States, Canada, Japan, Russia and Europe. There’s currently no information regarding how much of Cruise’s new film will take place on the ISS, but the fact that any filming at all is taking place there is quite phenomenal. At present, Cruise still needs to finish work on both Mission: Impossible 7 and 8, and even then it’s hard to imagine any work taking place in outer space and aboard the ISS as long as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to be a major issue. Nonetheless, even if the film doesn’t arrive for years, the mere idea of Cruise shooting in space is amazing.
At the same time, however, Cruise’s need to shoot a film in space could simply annoy some. With his never ending desire to up the ante, the question has to be asked if audiences are really going to know the difference between an actual space station in outer space or special effects and a set done on earth. Is Cruise going to space out of necessity, or is the entire thing little more than a publicity stunt borne out of his desire for another tick on his bucket list? All of it remains to be seen, and right now all that is certain about this new project is that it is filled with risk and will undoubtedly be a massive financial gamble. Then again, judging by Tom Cruise’s resume, that’s exactly how he prefers things.
