SpaceX and Tom Cruise is a match made in spaceBy Joey Klender Posted on May 4, 2020SpaceX could become the first private company to send world-renowned actor Tom Cruise into space for the next out-of-this-world movie. Literally.According to a report from Deadline Hollywood, Tom Cruis could be partnering with SpaceX and NASA to launch the first-ever feature film to be produced outside of planet Earth.Reports from the site indicate that the film’s development is in very early stages, and plans for the film are preliminary.
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.
NASA declined to comment on whether SpaceX is involved in Tom Cruise's film plans, although it would make sense for @elonmusk's space company given deals it's signed already to fly non-professional astronauts to the space station.
Should be a lot of fun!
On a side note I wonder what James Cameron thinks when he reads this.Regarding crew assignments I wonder what that means. I assume you need to fly Cruise, maybe another actor (the female lead for instance) and a barebone technical team. How many people ?
Couldn't they find someone younger and with a bit less botox? - A "fresh face", literally...
In the movie Apollo 13, actors Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon and Bill Paxton did shoot footage onboard NASA's KC-135 "Vomit Comet" to give authenticity to their zero-G scenes:
Cruise is a Commercial rated single & multi engine fixed wing pilot, (possibly rotor wing, too) the P-51 you see in the Top Gun trailer is his own, supposedly the hangar also is his own, and I'm glad he's doing the movie. Hell, maybe he can do some shooting at SNC and put a manned Dream Chaser into it? I know it's popular to bash movie stars, but, with the exception of Travolta's Battlefield Earth, I don't know of any Hollyweird type using their movies to promote Scientology, nor do I care. Travolta based his aircraft at our FBO once when he was filming a nearby movie, I never heard a single bad word said about him or his crews from our staff, and, in fact, they did me a favor once during a checkride when I was trying to complete a maneuver. If Cruise, Travolta, or whoever have the smash to go to orbit, make a movie, and inspire younger people to go into STEM, I'm all for it. But, Yeah, I'll bet Cameron is chewing his teeth right now, IIRC I think he wanted to do it several years ago but abandoned the project (Development limbo).
Quote from: JAFO on 05/07/2020 09:59 pmCruise is a Commercial rated single & multi engine fixed wing pilot, (possibly rotor wing, too) the P-51 you see in the Top Gun trailer is his own, supposedly the hangar also is his own, and I'm glad he's doing the movie. Hell, maybe he can do some shooting at SNC and put a manned Dream Chaser into it? I know it's popular to bash movie stars, but, with the exception of Travolta's Battlefield Earth, I don't know of any Hollyweird type using their movies to promote Scientology, nor do I care. Travolta based his aircraft at our FBO once when he was filming a nearby movie, I never heard a single bad word said about him or his crews from our staff, and, in fact, they did me a favor once during a checkride when I was trying to complete a maneuver. If Cruise, Travolta, or whoever have the smash to go to orbit, make a movie, and inspire younger people to go into STEM, I'm all for it. But, Yeah, I'll bet Cameron is chewing his teeth right now, IIRC I think he wanted to do it several years ago but abandoned the project (Development limbo).Cameron, who would be supremely qualified to do a project in space, got dinged by Russian doctors and denied a Soyuz-ISS opportunity. He doesn't seem to be involved with Cruise's project now (apparently they were teamed back in 2000) and I think he's about to re-start an AVATAR movie in New Zealand. But it would be interesting to see if Russian medical standards have changed....Michael Cassutt
Cameron, who would be supremely qualified to do a project in space, got dinged by Russian doctors and denied a Soyuz-ISS opportunity. He doesn't seem to be involved with Cruise's project now (apparently they were teamed back in 2000) and I think he's about to re-start an AVATAR movie in New Zealand. But it would be interesting to see if Russian medical standards have changed....Michael Cassutt
Quote from: Michael Cassutt on 05/08/2020 02:14 amCameron, who would be supremely qualified to do a project in space, got dinged by Russian doctors and denied a Soyuz-ISS opportunity. He doesn't seem to be involved with Cruise's project now (apparently they were teamed back in 2000) and I think he's about to re-start an AVATAR movie in New Zealand. But it would be interesting to see if Russian medical standards have changed....Michael CassuttIf someone intends to fly to ISS on board a US spaceship do Russian medical still have veto rights?
Quote from: hektor on 05/08/2020 06:05 amQuote from: Michael Cassutt on 05/08/2020 02:14 amCameron, who would be supremely qualified to do a project in space, got dinged by Russian doctors and denied a Soyuz-ISS opportunity. He doesn't seem to be involved with Cruise's project now (apparently they were teamed back in 2000) and I think he's about to re-start an AVATAR movie in New Zealand. But it would be interesting to see if Russian medical standards have changed....Michael CassuttIf someone intends to fly to ISS on board a US spaceship do Russian medical still have veto rights?If there is a valid medical reason that is still an issue then other doctors should or are likely to take it as seriously, and NASA and SX etc, along with their insurance companies could also decide he is unsafe to fly. A medical emergency could mean an early return, or choosing to abort, not only devastating the mission, but causing additional risk to other astronauts and spaceflight participants. So we should avoid the "tone", or implication that bad/mean/political Russian doctors denied him, and the wonderful USA will fly him! However with additional vehicles, instead of only Soyuz, such risks appear less overall.
Director #DougLiman, who worked with #TomCruise on 'Edge of Tomorrow' and 'America Made,' will helm a secret feature Cruise is developing that will be shot, at least in part, in space
A nice tidbit from our interview with @JimBridenstine: we got solid confirmation from the man himself that Tom Cruise is indeed working with @Axiom_Space to shoot a movie on the ISS! (Starts at the 14:08 mark of the episode.)Listen to the full episode:https://www.offnominal.space/episodes/origins-jim-bridenstine
Tom Cruise’s space movie will have a production budget of $200 million at most, Variety reports, with Universal Pictures in negotiations for the film.It will be directed by Doug Liman, launching Cruise to the ISS with a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule.
I heard that Tom Cruise has already tried on the suit at SpaceX HQ in Hawthorne
Universal Pictures committed to funding Tom Cruise's space movie, Deadline reports, with SpaceX partnering on the project that will send Cruise and director Doug Liman to the space station #CruiseDragon
Liman reportedly came to Florida in May to watch the launch of NASA & SpaceX's Demo-2 mission.
Hopefully considering the expense it will be better than Ad astra...
Just when you thought Tom Cruise achieved his greatest possible cinematic triumph with the success of the Top Gun sequel, the blockbuster star comes up with an idea that is, quite literally, out of this world.The 60-year-old Hollywood veteran has reportedly teamed up with The Bourne Identity director Doug Liman on a movie pitch that involves filming in space, which was first tabled in 2020 before the Covid-19 pandemic halted plans.Cruise and Liman are said to have reached out to Universal Filmed Entertainment Group (UFEG) on an idea which will see the actor take a rocket up to the International Space Station.“I think Tom Cruise is taking us to space, he’s taking the world to space,” UFEG Chairman Donna Langley said, per BBC News.“That’s the plan. We have a great project in development with Tom … Taking a rocket up to the Space Station and shooting.”Langley revealed most of the movie would be shot on earth, culminating in “the character [going] up to space to save the day”, adding she is hopeful Cruise will become “the first civilian to do a space walk outside of the space station.”If the film gets off the ground, Cruise would be the first movie star to shoot in outer space on the International Space Station.
Tom Cruise will launch aboard a SpaceX rocket to film a movie at the Space Station & could become the first civilian to do a spacewalk
Tom Cruise 'definitely' still working on '£153m' movie filmed in space
Liman added that shooting a film in outer space remained on his bucket list but that nothing was scheduled as yet, with both he and Cruise tied up in other projects.“I’m more excited about going to space, not less … but our goal is too make something great. A lot of people are trying to do gimmicky things like, ‘Oh, it’s in space.’ I’m not interested in doing something that’s a just promotional gimmick. I want to make a film that people watch in a hundred years when maybe there’s hundreds of movies shot in outer space and there’s nothing special about it being in outer space. That’s the goal of everything I do. With Swingers, it’s very meaningful to me that lots of people who watch it weren’t even born when it premiered here.”“If I ever shoot a movie in outer space, the question will be what could I do that you couldn’t do on Earth that makes for a great piece of entertainment, that’s better than if you didn’t do it it space. Again, its also about technology and storytelling… you can run a line from Swingers all the way through to this potential film in outer space.”
Five years later, an insider familiar with the filmmakers told Page Six of the ambitious project: “From what I understand, they would need NASA coordination to do the movie, and supposedly Tom Cruise did not want to ask Donald Trump for a favor. You’d need permission from the federal government.”[...]Page Six also heard rumors that the space film hit a snag when Liman failed a physical to launch. But another source said that Liman, 60, is in great shape.
