Elon Musk will send Tom Cruise into space to shoot an action movie

Tom Cruise and director Doug Lyman will go into space in October 2021. This is stated on the Space Shuttle Twitter page, where a list of trips for the next three years was published. Their flight is designated as a tourist.

Previously, the media reported that the new action movie starring Cruise will be partially or completely filmed in space and will be filmed by Lyman, who worked with the actor on the films «Edge of Tomorrow» and «American Made». The film will be funded by Universal, which is rumored to provide $ 200 million for filming. The studio partners will be NASA and SpaceX Elon Musk. NASA director Jim Bridenstein has previously expressed hope that the Cruise film will inspire a new generation of scientists and engineers to explore space. There are no details about the plot of the image yet. It is known that filming will take place at the International Space Station. In addition, Christopher McQuarrie, director of Jack Reacher and several parts of «Mission: Impossible», in which Cruise also appeared, will be the producer and consultant of the project. It is not yet known whether the film will be filmed in 2021, or Cruz and Lyman will want to explore the station.

Cruise is currently filming the seventh «Mission: Impossible», which will be released in November 2021.