Tom Cruise is heading to space with NASA
The pioneering movie was announced earlier this year, confirming that Cruise had teamed up with Musk and NASA to film a new movie in outer space, set to be directed by Edge of Tomorrow‘s Doug Liman.
Plans for Tom Cruise's outer space film with Elon Musk have been finalised, with the trip now scheduled for 2021.
The pioneering movie was announced earlier this year, confirming that Cruise had teamed up with Musk and NASA to film a new movie in outer space, set to be directed by Edge of Tomorrow's Doug Liman.
According to NME, "The project is now firmly on its way, as Space Shuttle Almanac confirmed on Twitter that the Axiom Space Station, piloted by Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria, will set off on a tourist mission in October 2021 with Cruise and Liman on board."
Jim Bridenstine, who works as an official administrator at NASA, confirmed the news stating, "NASA is excited to work with @TomCruise on a film aboard the @Space_Station! We need popular media to inspire a new generation of engineers and scientists to make @NASA's ambitious plans a reality."
Tom Cruise's Mission Impossible director Christopher McQuarrie will be the story advisor and producer alongside Cruise, Doug Liman, and PJ van Sandwijk.