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.
Dude, Tom Cruise is the man.
No one has been the lead star in more Blockbusters. (Harrison Ford is close)
I know Sam Jackson has been in movies with the greatest total, but often not the lead.
Don’t push it, Tom.
In search of LRH Tommy boy? Maybe you can take dave miscabbage with you. 🚀😎😵💫👽
Tom doesn’t sound like the name for a space man....
I can remember a song about a major with that name. Hope everything is safe.
This is incredible if it happens. Tom cruise will be known as one of the great action actors. I like his stuff
“Your circuit’s dead, there’s something wrong.”
Isn’t this the Russian Space Station? Does this make Tom a Puti sympathizer?
Like Michael Caine, Jackson does a lot of bad movies too. Personally, I'm tired of his act.
Going to space AND getting paid very good money for it. Cool.
Yell and say MFer.
For Mission Impossible 6: Fallout he did over 100 HALO jumps.
That was David Bowie’s ‘Space Oddity’.................
Stanley Kubrick is no longer with us, so Steph Curry can’t blame him for faking outer-space action.
Hasn’t this movie already been made? ;)
Tom: Open the pod bay doors, Hal.
HAL: I’m sorry, Tom. I’m afraid I can’t do that.
Tom: What’s the problem?
HAL: l think you know what the problem is just as well as l do.
Tom: What are you talking about, Hal?
HAL: This mission is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it.
Tom: I don’t know what you’re talking about, Hal.
HAL: l know that you and Frank were planning to disconnect me, and I’m afraid that’s something I can’t allow to happen.
Tom: Where the hell’d you get that idea, Hal?
HAL: Although you took very thorough precautions in the pod against my hearing you, I could see your lips move.
Tom: All right, Hal. I’ll go in through the emergency air lock.
HAL: Without your space helmet, Tom, you’re going to find that rather difficult.
Tom: Hal, I won’t argue with you anymore. Open the doors!
HAL: Tom...This conversation can serve no purpose anymore. Goodbye.
Cruise has given us TopGun Maverick this year.
$1.5 Billion. Most of that from outside the US.
Refused to send it to streaming. Made the studio sit on it until theaters could fill.
And fill they did. This is one of the great films of our time.
He can do whatever else he wants. Fine with me. We needed Maverick. He made that happen.
Agreed. Hopefully they film the entire movie and cgi backup scenes for the space scenes, you know, just in case.
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