Top Gun: Maverick’s Tom Cruise could get help from Elon Musk’s SpaceX to perform spacewalk in next movie
- Head of Universal Pictures told the BBC the studio is developing a project with Tom Cruise that could involve a spacewalk outside the ISS
- Project was first announced in 2020 as an action-adventure film with Nasa and Elon Musk’s company SpaceX involved with the effort
Tom Cruise is known for doing his own wild stunts in films like the Mission: Impossible series, so it’s not surprising that he might walk in space for an upcoming movie.
“We have a great project in development with Tom, that does contemplate him doing just that. Taking a rocket up to the [International Space Station] and shooting and hopefully being the first civilian to do a spacewalk outside of the space station.”
Why Taiwan fans are celebrating Tom Cruise’s return as Top Gun star
Few details have been revealed since, though multiple outlets, including Deadline and Variety, have reported the estimated production cost to be around US$200 million – a hefty price tag for a non-franchise movie today.
When reached for comment by Insider on SpaceX’s involvement and the production budget, Universal said there weren’t any new details to share. SpaceX did not return a request for comment on whether it was still involved in the film.
Cruise is no stranger to death-defying stunts. He jumped out of a plane at 30,000 feet 106 times to get the perfect shot for a sequence in 2018’s Mission: Impossible – Fallout. And for the next instalment in the franchise, due for theatrical release next year, he rode a motorcycle off a cliff.
