---
title: "Tom Cruise Partners With SpaceX to Film Movie in Space"
description: "Tom Cruise and SpaceX are reportedly partnering up to make a movie that would be the first feature film ever shot in space."
date: "2020-05-05"
modified: "2020-05-05"
authors:
  - name: "Dan Robitzski"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/danrobitzski"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/tom-cruise-partners-spacex-film-movie-space"
categories:
  - "Space"
  - "SpaceX"
tags:
  - "space"
  - "SpaceX"
  - "the digest"
  - "tom cruise"
---

# Tom Cruise Partners With SpaceX to Film Movie 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.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/tom-cruise-working-with-spacex-film-action-movie-space.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: Gage Skidmore/NASA/Victor Tangermann\</em\>*

## That Tracks

Famed actor and [Oprah-couch-jumper](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQgXEkL3NV4>) Tom Cruise is reportedly trying to film an action movie in space.

There's no studio backing the project yet, but *[Deadline](<https://deadline.com/2020/05/tom-cruise-movie-shot-in-outer-space-elon-musk-spacex-unprecedented-in-hollywood-1202925849/>)*[ reports](<https://deadline.com/2020/05/tom-cruise-movie-shot-in-outer-space-elon-musk-spacex-unprecedented-in-hollywood-1202925849/>) 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.

**READ MORE:** [Out Of This World! Tom Cruise Plots Movie To Shoot In Space With Elon Musk’s SpaceX](<https://deadline.com/2020/05/tom-cruise-movie-shot-in-outer-space-elon-musk-spacex-unprecedented-in-hollywood-1202925849/>) \[*Deadline*\]

**More on Tom Cruise:** [*Someone Deepfaked Tom Cruise Into The “American Psycho” Sex Scene*](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/deepfaked-tom-cruise-american-psycho-sex>)

## Author
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.

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