Universal studio’s chairwoman Dame Donna Langley has revealed that Tom Cruise is expected do a spacewalk for his next movie, making history as he will be blasted into space for an upcoming Universal blockbuster. Plans for the stunt-loving actor to star in such a movie first emerged in 2020 with Elon Musk’s SpaceX and NASA both involved in the project. Speaking of the Top Gun star, Langley told the BBC:

Bourne Identity director Doug Liman, who is set to direct the film revealed last year that he has “more confidence” about making a movie in space after shooting Locked Down in a deserted London amid the pandemic. Liman said,

“We have a great project in development with Tom that does contemplate him taking a rocket to the Space Station. And hopefully he will become the first civilian to do a space walk outside of the International Space Station. He will play a down-on-his-luck guy who finds himself in the position of being the only person who could save Earth."

Although it was rumored that the entire film would be shot in space, most of the other scenes will be filmed on Earth.

“It connects to ‘Locked Down’ because the same producer who a year ago came to me and said how would you like to try to shoot a movie in outer space? That’s PJ van Sandwijk, and he’s the same person who said to Steve Knight and myself on July 1, what about you guys writing a movie for us to shoot in September? But here’s the thing. When a producer proposes something crazy to you, like, let’s try to shoot a movie in outer space, and NASA and SpaceX sign on, and Tom Cruise signs on…you’re just a little bit more receptive when that same producer says I got another crazy idea, and that became Locked Down.”

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In May 2020, it was announced that the actor would be shooting a movie in space. However, his first sojourn into the galaxy, which was originally planned for October 2021, was interrupted by the global pandemic, and a Russian film crew beat Cruise to the punch, spending 12 days in orbit shooting scenes from the upcoming movie The Challenge.

Although he didn’t film a movie, 90-year-old Star Trek actor William Shatner did hitch a ride on Jeff Bezo’s spacecraft to graze the edge of outer space late last year.