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posted by Fnord666 on Thursday May 07 2020, @09:06AM   Printer-friendly
from the i'm-ready-for-my-closeup dept.

Last year NASA said it would allow two private astronaut missions a year. Now NASA apparently said it is working with Tom Cruise about filming a movie on the ISS.

Unless they want to go for that Blair Witch cinematography effect, given the limited volume to move around in the ISS — and the need for a small film crew — I wonder if this would be a case where you'd actually prefer a green screen instead.


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  • (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Thursday May 07 2020, @01:27PM (1 child)

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Thursday May 07 2020, @01:27PM (#991307)

    Sheeple are remarkably predictable, if you make a movie with stars X and Y in genre Z (and handle the promotion/timing well) the box office returns are equally predictable.

    I'm guessing the reason Cruise is cast for this role is because his personal fee is lower than Hanks' - Hanks would draw bigger box office, but he gets more for himself which might make the combined cost of Hanks + putting Hanks on the ISS too high/risky for the producers. Now, if we had a decent real-life hero overcomes adversity story from the ISS, that might boost Hanks into the top choice.

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  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 07 2020, @02:11PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 07 2020, @02:11PM (#991325)

    Counterpoint: Tom Cruise does his own stunts, if they sent Tom Hanks to the ISS they may also have to send a body double.