NASA confirms plan to shoot Tom Cruise movie onboard International Space Station (film, watch)

[Suburban_Guy]

He still keeps on ticking at 57 years of age.

https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/tom-crui...075946996.html

NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine has confirmed that the space agency is working with Tom Cruise to shoot a film aboard the International Space Station.

“We need popular media to inspire a new generation of engineers and scientists to make @NASA’s ambitious plans a reality,” Bridenstine added on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/JimBridenstine/s...52395750289409

[Mark S.]

Seems like a needless gimmick to me.

I agree that we need to inspire our next generation of scientists and explorers. But we don't have to shoot Tom Cruise into orbit to do that. Just make great stories. It isn't about the special effects. It's about the inspiring story itself.

[jim9251]

So NASA is sending him up there? Along with a camera crew, sound crew, production team? Caterers? His personal manager? Uh huh.

[Therblig]

Originally Posted by Mark S.

Seems like a needless gimmick to me.

Given what a vomit comet + CGI can do, absolutely. Just rewatch Gravity (with, yes, its lapses of real physics) for one example.

But I gotta say, I keep reading these breathless headlines as "NASA to Shoot Tom Cruise on ISS" and I can only wait for the results of the experiment.

[Milky Way Resident]

Say what you want about Tom Cruise and his ideology, the man knows how to put on a spectacle.

[Therblig]

Originally Posted by Milky Way Resident

Say what you want about Tom Cruise and his ideology, the man knows how to put on a spectacle.

Clear-ly.

[catfancier]

Originally Posted by jim9251

So NASA is sending him up there? Along with a camera crew, sound crew, production team? Caterers? His personal manager? Uh huh.

And how many Scientologists?? Wait, maybe David Miscavige would go with him...then they could leave him up there. Or both of them. Works for me.

[D217]

NASA confirms plan to shoot Tom Cruise with a laser beam from the International Space Station.



I'd watch that

[Milky Way Resident]

Originally Posted by catfancier

And how many Scientologists?? Wait, maybe David Miscavige would go with him...then they could leave him up there. Or both of them. Works for me.

Does that include Will Smith?