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Tom Cruise Partners With SpaceX to Film Movie in Space

This would be the first action movie ever filmed in space.
Tom Cruise and SpaceX are reportedly partnering up to make a movie that would be the first feature film ever shot in space.
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Famed actor and Oprah-couch-jumper Tom Cruise is reportedly trying to film an action movie in space.

There’s no studio backing the project yet, but Deadline reports that Cruise has partnered with SpaceX to make it happen. If it comes to fruition, the untitled project would be the first narrative feature film to be filmed in space.

Break A Leg!

Tom Cruise is known for performing his own stunts — and occasionally getting injured doing so. As Deadline notes, films in the “Mission Impossible” series have had to adjust their schedule around Cruise’s stunt-related injuries, like when he broke his ankle jumping across rooftops.

It’s difficult to imagine a way for Cruise to raise the stakes for himself higher than going into orbit — though for now there are so few details available about the project that it’s also difficult to know exactly what he would be able to do while he’s up there.

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Dan Robitzki is a senior reporter for Futurism, where he likes to cover AI, tech ethics, and medicine. He spends his extra time fencing and streaming games from Los Angeles, California.