The primary movie to shoot in outer space, Tom Cruise and Elon Musk have discovered a director to helm their subsequent mission in Edge of Tomorrow filmmaker Doug Liman.

The untitled movie was introduced earlier this month, which sees Cruise and Musk group up with the assistance of NASA, and Musk’s SpaceX.

Liman beforehand labored with Cruise on Edge of Tomorrow and American Made, and additionally directed Mr & Mrs Smith, The Bourne Identification, Swingers and Go. The filmmaker has additionally written the primary half of the screenplay, and has a producing credit score alongside Cruise.

NASA confirmed their involvement on Could 5 by way of Twitter, the place NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine stated: “NASA is happy to work with @TomCruise on a movie aboard the @Space_Station!

“We’d like standard media to encourage a brand new technology of engineers and scientists to make @NASA’s formidable plans a actuality.”

NASA is happy to work with @TomCruise on a movie aboard the @Space_Station! We’d like standard media to encourage a brand new technology of engineers and scientists to make @NASA’s formidable plans a actuality. pic.twitter.com/CaPwfXtfUv

— Jim Bridenstine (@JimBridenstine) Could 5, 2020

There is no such thing as a launch date set but because the movie remains to be not in pre-production, with Liman ending post-production on his subsequent movie Chaos Strolling, starring Daisy Ridley and Tom Holland.

Cruise will subsequent be selling Prime Gun: Maverick, which was delayed from this summer time to December 23 in mild of the continued coronavirus pandemic. He’ll subsequent be engaged on Mission: Inconceivable 7, which started filming earlier than lockdown.

In phrases of space tales onscreen, Netflix office comedy Space Power is launched this week, which sees Steve Carell and Greg Daniels, who co-created the US remake of The Workplace, reunite.

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