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Hollywood legend Tom Cruise is officially heading to outer space in 2021 for a new film.

It looks like Tom Cruise is officially heading to space!

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsTom Cruise and director Doug Liman’s may head into space in for their film in October 2021, images from the Space Shuttle Almanac reveal.On Monday the Twitter for the Space Shuttle Almanac shared a photo of spacecrafts and countries set to launch from in the next three years. While the chart may seem like an assuming collage of names, flags and spacecrafts at first, upon a closer look the chart reveals some names near and dear to Hollywood.Under the October 2021 part of the chart reads “SpaceX Crew Dragon,” with an image of a small space vehicle beside it.

MISSION Impossible star Tom Cruise is known for going the extra mile for his action packed movies. And the star is confirmed for his most daring mission yet - one which will be, literally, out of this world.

was announced earlier this year, confirming that Cruise had teamed up with Musk and NASA to film a new movie in outer space, set to be directed by Edge of Tomorrow‘s Doug Liman.The project is now firmly on its way, as Space Shuttle Almanac confirmed on Twitter that the Axiom Space Station, piloted by Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria, will set off on a tourist mission in October 2021 with Cruise and Liman on board.So its confirmed that @CommanderMLA is flying the @Axiom_Space @SpaceX #CrewDragon tourist mission with Director @DougLiman & Tom Cruise. One seat still to be filled.

Doug Liman is a filmmaker that is probably best known for helming features with massive budgets. We’re talking recent films such as “The Bourne Identity,” “Edge of Tomorrow,” “The Wall,” and the forthcoming “Chaos Walking.” But for his next feature, it appears he’s stripping back the budget quite a bit for a timely film about a heist during quarantine, titled “Lockdown.” READ MORE: Tom Cruise’s Upcoming Space Movie Could Land At Universal With A Budget Of At Least $200 Million As reported by Deadline, Liman is set to direct “Lockdown,” a sub-$10 million budgeted heist film that is set during the current pandemic.

Anne Hathaway and director Doug Liman are teaming up for a timely heist film set within a pandemic, entitled Lockdown.Liman is set to direct Lockdown as his next film, which will come before his massive outer space movie he's plotting with Tom Cruise, according to Deadline.This film is set in London, with plans in place to start production by the end of September.

announced back in May.NASA confirmed the news on Twitter: “NASA is excited to work with @TomCruise on a film aboard the @Space_Station! We need popular media to inspire a new generation of engineers and scientists to make @NASA’s ambitious plans a reality.”Now, details on how the idea was pitched to Universal Pictures have emerged, as well as what the film’s budget will be.According to Deadline, all it took for Universal to agree to the project was an “exuberant Zoom call” with Cruise, director Doug Liman, Christopher McQuarrie and PJ van Sandwijk.The film was pitched with no script (Liman is writing it), and they came away with a production commitment of around $200 million, which is an estimate, considering the project is still being

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: What did Universal Pictures execs require to commit to liftoff of the first ever narrative feature film to shoot in outer space? According to sources, all it took was an exuberant Zoom call with Tom Cruise, director Doug Liman and Christopher McQuarrie. They pitched the picture with no script (Liman is writing it), and came away with a production commitment around $200 million.Sources said that Space X’s Elon Musk will be a partner in the project and the expectation is that is that McQuarrie — Cruise’s writer/director on the Mission: Impossible films — will have a ground control role as story advisor and producer alongside Cruise and Liman.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterAfter shocking the world with the idea of shooting a feature film in outer space, Tom Cruise may be a little closer to finding a partner who will join him and director Doug Liman on the untitled film. We have confirmed that Universal Pictures is in early talks to come on to the project that would be the first feature film to shoot in outer space.If a deal were to close, Cruise would star with Liman directing.

Sometimes we talk about film development in terms of years, as it sometimes takes a filmmaker a long time to get a project off the ground. However, in the case of Tom Cruise and his upcoming space movie, it only takes a matter of weeks, apparently.

“Edge of Tomorrow” fans still have good reason to hope for a sequel.

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A few weeks ago, it was revealed that Tom Cruise was interested in becoming the first man to shoot a feature film in outer space. Not much was known about the film at the time, other than the actor was working with Elon Musk, the man behind Space X, to make it happen.

In case you missed the recent news, Tom Cruise is planning to actually go to space for an upcoming film. Partnering with Elon Musk’s SpaceX and NASA, Cruise is going to be starring in an adventure movie that will contain sequences actually shot in outer space. Crazy, right? Well, knowing Cruise and the stunts he insists on doing, it definitely tracks. Now, we can report who’s going to be joining him in this venture, and it’s a director who he’s certainly comfortable with. Read on for more about this fairly insane idea that, if it comes to fruition, will be pretty incredible, and easily Cruise’s most impressive stunt yet.

Liman has previously worked with Cruise on "American Made" and "Edge Of Tomorrow". Cruise is working with NASA and Elon Musk's SpaceX on the mystery film.

The movie will film Tom Cruise in actual outer space, with NASA's support

He's currentlyholed up at the Scientology headquarters in West Sussex, U.K. amid the coronavirus pandemic.But just as life beings to return to normal here on Earth, Tom Cruise will be off to shoot his next movie in space, according to Deadline.The 57-year-old Mission: Impossible star will reunite with his American Made and Edge of Tomorrow director Doug Liman for the as-yet untitled project, per the industry news site.

By Justin Kroll