Tom Cruise wants to shoot in space for his upcoming film project. As has now been announced, it should be ready for the star in October 2021.
US actor Tom Cruise (58, "Top Gun") will be the first actor to shoot in space in 2021. According to the US site "NME", the plans for Tom Cruise's space film have been completed and the budget should be around 200 million dollars. The trip into space is planned for October 2021.
The space project was initiated by Tom Cruise and US director Doug Liman (55, "Mr. and Mrs. Smith"), who already shot the film "Barry Seal: Only in America" with Cruise. Tesla founder Elon Musk (49) and the US space agency NASA are also partners in the groundbreaking film project. The latter provides the pilot: space shuttle veteran Michael Lopez-Alegria (62). NASA chief Jim Bridenstine wrote on Twitter: "We need the media to inspire a new generation of engineers and scientists."
Cruise is the first actor in space
The transport to the space station will take place in the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule developed by Elon Musk. Director Liman will also be on board the capsule. A fourth place is still open. The plan was published on Twitter:
The public-private partnership between NASA and Elon Musks SpaceX took a huge leap forward in May this year when the Crew Dragon spacecraft launched aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission was successful, the astronauts returned safely to Earth on August 2nd.