It's official - Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise and director Doug Liman with whom he collaborated on Edge of Tomorrow and American Made are headed to space in October 2021 for their new film. Cruise is teaming up with Elon Musk's company SpaceX for National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) first narrative film. The Twitter page for the Space Shuttle Almanac on Monday revealed via a photo of spacecraft and countries planning to launch in the next three years. Although the chart in the picture may appear to be a collection of names, flags and spacecraft at first glance, it goes on to reveal a few names dear to Hollywood upon closer inspection. 

On the chart, under the October 2021 timeframe part, 'SpaceX Crew Dragon' has been mentioned along with an image of a small space vehicle next to it. Right beside it is a list featuring three names: SpaceX Pilot Lopez Alegria, Tourist 1 Tom Cruise and Tourist 2 Doug Liman. As of now, the image of the tourist flight shows an unoccupied seat for a third visitor. Although it is completely unknown whether the trip in October 2021 is a preliminary one for Cruise and Liman to draw the first plans on the extra-terrestrial territory for their new film or if it marks the production for the first-of-its-kind venture, it's quite clear that the Top Gun: Maverick star will do the next big thing that no other actor has ever done before. Check out Space Shuttle Almanac's Twitter post below: 

Earlier this year, NASA confirmed their involvement in the upcoming ambitious project via Twitter, where NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine tweeted, "NASA is excited to work with @TomCruise on a film aboard the @Space_Station! We need popular media to inspire a new generation of engineers and scientists to make @NASA’s ambitious plans a reality."

The untitled film was pitched to Universal Pictures through an "exuberant Zoom call" among whom included Tom Cruise, Doug Liman, Christopher McQuarrie and PJ van Sandwijk. Currently, Liman is still writing the film's script, with the budget for the project estimated to be around $200 million. McQuarrie, who earlier directed Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, Mission: Impossible – Fallout and is currently awaiting the release of Mission: Impossible 7, is serving as story advisor and producer, alongside Cruise, while Liman and van Sandwijk are on board the space film also as producers.