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"NASA is excited to work with @TomCruise on a
film aboard the @Space_Station!," NASA administrator Jim
Bridenstine wrote on Twitter.
"We need popular media to inspire a new generation of engineers
and scientists to make @NASA’s ambitious plans a reality,"
Bridenstine added.
He gave no details but the tweet followed a report in Hollywood
trade outlet Deadline that Cruise was working with Tesla and
SpaceX entrepreneur Elon Musk to make what would be the first
feature film to be shot in space.
The proposed action adventure is in its early stages, Deadline
reported on Monday.
Representatives for Cruise did not immediately return a request
for comment.
"Mission: Impossible" star Tom Cruise, 57, is renowned for his
daredevil films and for doing his own stunts. He flew fighter
jets for the upcoming "Top Gun: Maverick," hung off the side of
a plane as it took off in "Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation" in
2015 and climbed the Burj Khalifa skyscraper in Dubai - the
tallest building in the world - for "Mission: Impossible Ghost
Protocol."
Filming on "Mission: Impossible 7" was put on hold in February
as the coronavirus epidemic took off in Italy. The disease later
led to a worldwide shutdown of Hollywood movie and TV production
and the closure of movie theaters.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant and Joey Roulette; Editing by Dan
Grebler)
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