Tom Cruise House Film: He’ll Change into First Civilian to Do a Spacewalk

Tom Cruise will “hopefully” turn out to be “the primary civilian to do a spacewalk” exterior of the Worldwide House Station when he blasts off to area to shoot a brand new motion film with director Doug Liman. Donna Langley, the top of Common Footage, teased as a lot throughout a current BBC interview. Common is backing the Tom Cruise area mission, which reportedly carries a funds within the $200 million vary. Whereas it was already identified the film would shoot scenes on the ISS, Langley stated the plan is to even have Cruise carry out a spacewalk.

“Tom Cruise is taking us to area. He’s taking the world to area. That’s the plan,” Langley confirmed to the BBC. “We’ve got an incredible mission in growth with Tom, that does ponder him doing simply that. Taking a rocket as much as the area station and taking pictures and hopefully being the primary civilian to do a spacewalk exterior of the area station.”

Langley revealed that whereas the film will ship Cruise to area, it “really [mostly] takes place on earth, after which the character must go as much as area to avoid wasting the day.” The Common chairwoman described Cruise’s character as “a down-on-his-luck man who finds himself within the place of being the one one who may save Earth.”

Liman and Cruise beforehand collaborated on movies corresponding to “Fringe of Tomorrow” (2014) and “American Made” (2017). Additional plot particulars concerning the duo’s area film are being stored below wraps, though they’re working with each NASA and Elon Musk’s SpaceX firm. No Hollywood studio has ever filmed a story characteristic movie in area earlier than.

“When a producer proposes one thing loopy to you, like, let’s attempt to shoot a film in outer area, and NASA and SpaceX signal on, and Tom Cruise indicators on…you’re just a bit bit extra receptive,” Liman advised Thrillist final yr about boarding the mission.

Sources beforehand advised Selection the movie’s manufacturing funds has been set at $200 million. Cruise may earn someplace between $30 million and $60 million, in keeping with insiders. This might cowl his providers as a producer and star, and in addition be comprised of great first-dollar gross participation.