Russian Film Crew Blasts Off As ‘The Challenge’ Set To Become First Feature To Shoot In Outer Space
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deadline.comRussia has always prided itself on being first for a number of space exploration milestones, and today it can count itself as the first country to launch a film crew into space.This morning at 1.55am PT, actor Yulia Peresild, director Klim Shipenko and veteran Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov blasted off to the International Space Station in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft where Shipenko and Pereslid will be filming segments for The Challenge.
Russia’s Channel One broadcasted the launch today and offered livestreams in multiple languages across its platforms.The project will be the first feature film shot in outer space, beating Tom Cruise and Elon Musk’s upcoming $200M action adventure with NASA and Space X, which has director Doug Liman at
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