Posted on 10/11/2022 11:43:19 AM PDT by Red Badger
Tom Cruise will “hopefully” become “the first civilian to do a spacewalk” outside of the International Space Station when he blasts off to space to shoot a new action movie with director Doug Liman. Donna Langley, the head of Universal Pictures, teased as much during a recent BBC interview. Universal is backing the Cruise space project, which reportedly carries a budget in the $200 million range. While it was already known the movie would shoot scenes on the ISS, Langley said the plan is to also have Cruise perform a spacewalk.
“Tom Cruise is taking us to space. He’s taking the world to space. That’s the plan,” Langley confirmed to the BBC. “We have a great project in development with Tom, that does contemplate him doing just that. Taking a rocket up to the space station and shooting and hopefully being the first civilian to do a spacewalk outside of the space station.”
Langley revealed that while the movie will send Cruise to space, it “actually [mostly] takes place on Earth, and then the character needs to go up to space to save the day.” The Universal chairwoman described Cruise’s character as “a down-on-his-luck guy who finds himself in the position of being the only person who could save Earth.”
Liman and Cruise previously collaborated on films such as “Edge of Tomorrow” (2014) and “American Made” (2017). Further plot details about the duo’s space movie are being kept under wraps, although they are working with both NASA and Elon Musk’s SpaceX company. No Hollywood studio has ever filmed a narrative feature film in space before.
“When a producer proposes something crazy to you, like, let’s try to shoot a movie in outer space, and NASA and SpaceX sign on, and Tom Cruise signs on… you’re just a little bit more receptive,” Liman told Thrillist last year about boarding the project.
Sources previously told Variety the film’s production budget has been set at $200 million. Cruise could earn somewhere between $30 million and $60 million, according to insiders. This would cover his services as a producer and star, and also be comprised of significant first-dollar gross participation.
Good grief...The arrogance of these people is colossal.
As is Will Smith and John Travolta.
I can’t lie. The only song I know by them is Smoke on the Water.
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When I was a young kid and didn’t know any better. I’m not into fiction, fantasy or Hollywood play actors. Nearly all of are disgusting leftist.
Btw, I’ve seen many spacewalks going back decades so I certainly don’t need to see or pay to watch some Hollywood play actor do it. I guess I am more of a realist.
China refused to allow “Top Gun: Maverick” to be shown there because his flight jacket had the Taiwanese flag on the back. Cruise refused to kowtow to the chicoms and remove it. That’s when I became a fan and the movie is now the fifth highest grossing movie of all time.
Tom Cruz was an interesting dude. Short for sure and I guess “strong willed”?? Not sure if that’s the correct term. I was in his presence in the Navy during Top Gun filming. Never got an autograph.
He’s a good actor.
All movies with Samuel Jackson involve all the deaths of the other characters though. 😆
The dude has been money in a ton of movies.
Were you in Miramar?
“a down-on-his-luck guy who finds himself in the position of being the only person who could save Earth.”
Happens to me all the time.
He should do his spacewalk as his Les Grossman character from Tropic Thunder
Only if it is successful Tom, only if it is successful.
And you have been riding quite a streak, and all streaks come to an end. That is why they are called “streaks.”
“You don’t know the history of psychiatry, I do.”
Last recorded words of Tom Cruise will be “Open the pod bay door, HAL”.
Ground control to Major Tom. Your circuit’s dead , there’s something wrong.
Can you hear me Major Tom?
Before long there’ll be a movie set in orbit. It will be somewhat reconfigurable and filmed from different angles for different movies. Sort of like the Paramount back lot or Old Tucson, except in space. With facilities for both outside and interior shots. Filming scenes in true zero gravity with the real Earth below will always look better than faking it.
If Cruise pulls this movie off and makes another billion dollars, maybe he will take a stab at it.
Me too. Well, the down-on-his-luck part, at least.
I was an AC on the Big E. Best job on a carrier for an enlisted guy. Pilots respected you, had great air conditioning in the cattc which was great when we were cruising near the equator. Went to work with family after military. I lasted there a little over a year and started my own business. Never looked back.
Nice. I’m glad everything worked out well for you.
It’s always good to hear fellow Veterans success stories.
Poor Matt Lauer...
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