It's official: Tom Cruise is going to space, all for the sake of our entertainment. The Mission: Impossible actor has been hatching a plant to shoot a movie, at least partially, in space. This summer, he convinced Universal Pictures to board the project, with Doug Liman, who he worked with on Edge of Tomorrow, set to occupy the director's chair. Now, we have confirmation that both Cruise and Liman will be taking their trip to space next fall.
The Space Shuttle Almanac Twitter account, which documents every major space launch, recently revealed some details. Tom Cruise and Dough Liman will fly aboard a ship from Elon Musk's SpaceX, with Michael Lopez-Alegria at the controls. The mission is set to take place In October. The tweet reads as follows.