Action star Tom Cruise has been no stranger to pushing the envelope in his films, and as was announced last year, the actor has hoped to take his filmography literally into the cosmos, with plans to film a movie in space. The buzzed-about project has since gained a director and a reportedly hefty budget, but apparently the actor has already been beaten to the punch. On Tuesday, Russia sent a film crew onto the International Space Station, with plans to undergo a twelve-day production schedule on The Challenge, an upcoming film shot entirely in space. The project will be directed by Klim Shipenko and star Yulia Peresild, as a joint production between the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, and Channel One.
The pair’s rocket was successfully launched this morning 🚀It will be the first feature film to be shot entirely in space and production will take place on the International Space Station 🛰️🎥 Watch in full 👇
