Tom Cruise and writer/director Doug Liman have reportedly booked tickets on a SpaceX Falcon rocket trip to the International Space Station to make a movie, according to @SpaceAlmanac on Twitter…next year!
Is October 2021 too soon, considering that we just got Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley back from the ISS? Is any other actor, or civilian for that matter, a better choice than Tom Cruise — an accomplished pilot who does most of his own stunts?
Scott Ott gets reaction to the news from Bill Whittle, creator of the four-part series ‘Apollo 11: What We Saw‘, who’s also a private pilot and lives at the doorstep of Hollywood.
Background Resource:
Tom Cruise’s Journey to Space for His Movie is Getting Real
[CinemaBlend.com, September 23, 2020]
So its confirmed that @CommanderMLA is flying the @Axiom_Space @SpaceX #CrewDragon tourist mission with Director @DougLiman & Tom Cruise. One seat still to be filled. They are to launch in October, 2021. pic.twitter.com/dn6SLvCOGz
— Space Shuttle Almanac (@ShuttleAlmanac) September 19, 2020