Tom Cruise and Edge of Tomorrow director Doug Liman reunite to shoot a movie in space

Tom Cruise and Edge of Tomorrow director Doug Liman reunite to shoot a movie in space
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He's currently holed up at the Scientology headquarters in West Sussex, U.K. amid the coronavirus pandemic. But just as...

He's currently holed 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. The film is "to be shot in outer space... and involves Elon Musk’s Space X and NASA" Deadline reported.

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The Bourne Identity helmer Liman has written the script and plans to produce alongside Cruise. Exploration company SpaceX was founded in 2002 by Musk with the ambitious goal of reducing space transportation costs to enable the colonization of Mars.

In conjunction with NASA, SpaceX will launch the United States' first manned mission into space since 2011 on Wednesday. The head of NASA confirmed earlier this month that the space agency was mounting a project with the Rain Man actor. 

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Since filming for the latest Mission Impossible was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, Tom Cruise has been taking sanctuary in the UK.

Over the course of the last year, Cruise has been seen a number of times, often taking friends and family for helicopter rides around London. With hotels closed, Cruise prefers to stay in a luxury wing of the Church of Scientology headquarters in the countryside of Saint Hill, East Grinstead, West Sussex. 

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Cruise appears to enjoy a love affair with England and even bought a six-bedroom property in East Grinstead, selling it in 2016 for $6million to the Australian singer Peter Andre, but admitted at the last Jack Reacher premiere that the country "is a really great place to live".

The location puts Cruise closer to daughter Isabella, who works out of the London Scientology headquarters and lives half-an-hour's drive away from Saint Hill in Croydon, a south London suburb. Cruise shares Isabella with his ex-wife Nicole Kidman. 

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