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Sadly for those of us who tend to binge-watch (and for those whose livelihoods depend on the industry), production on many major films and TV projects have ground to a halt.

That means rewatching old shows and movies, with DStv always fond of a Tom Cruise repeat.

Well, although the details remain scarce at this time, there may be a new Cruise movie on the very distant horizon.

Reporting below via The Verge:

NASA is working with Tom Cruise to film the first movie shot in space, according to NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine. The details of the project aren’t clear, but Bridenstine says the film will take place aboard the International Space Station.

We don’t know yet how Cruise will be participating in the adventure, but he’s well-known for performing increasingly impressive stunts in his recent films, including clutching the side of an Airbus A400 as it takes off in 2015’s Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation.

I’d say his most famous stunt was that couch-jumping meltdown on Oprah’s show all those years ago.

Still, filming a movie in space is one hell of a stunt.

Here’s the tweet from Bridenstine:

Original reports said Cruise was going to work with SpaceX, and thus new oddly-named baby daddy Elon Musk, which may still be true in some capacity.

Musk did reply to that tweet above, saying simply “Should be a lot of fun!”

When asked for comment, NASA declined to provide more details. “We will say more about the project at the appropriate time,” a NASA spokesperson told The Verge. “Anything else would be premature.”

These are truly strange (and… wait for it… unprecedented) times we live in.

[source:verge]