Tom Cruise and Nasa in talks over film to be shot in outer space – reports
Tom Cruise is in talks with Nasa about working on a movie shot in outer space, according to the head of the space agency.
“Nasa is excited to work with Tom Cruise on a film aboard the Space Station!,” Nasa administrator Jim Bridenstine wrote on Twitter.
“We need popular media to inspire a new generation of engineers and scientists to make Nasa’s ambitious plans a reality.”
Bridenstine gave no further details but the tweet followed a report in Hollywood trade outlet Deadline that Cruise was working with Tesla and SpaceX entrepreneur Elon Musk to make what would be the first feature film to be shot in space.
Musk has not officially confirmed the collaboration, but replied to Bridenstine,
“Should be a lot of fun!”
The proposed action adventure is in its early stages, Deadline reported on Monday.Representatives for Cruise did not immediately return a request for comment.
Mission: Impossible star Tom Cruise, 57, is renowned for his daredevil films and for doing his own stunts. He flew fighter jets for the upcoming Top Gun: Maverick, and for the Mission Impossible films has hung off the side of a plane as it took off, and climbed the Burj Khalifa skyscraper in Dubai – the tallest building in the world.
Filming on Mission: Impossible 7 was put on hold in February as the coronavirus epidemic took hold of Italy. The disease has led to a worldwide shutdown of Hollywood movie and TV production and the closure of movie theatres.