Tom Cruise NASA SpaceX movie canceled after allegedly refusing to ask Donald Trump for a favor
Tom Cruise's long-awaited space project looks like it might be stuck on the launchpad as the action movie star attempts to stay out of the current state of American politics, an insider has revealed.
The Mission Impossible actor has been trying to get the project off the ground since 2020, when it emerged that he was working with his director from Edge of Tomorrow, Doug Liman, on the first-ever film shot in outer space.
However, the political climate back on our pale blue dot has effectively led to the project being shelved, a source had told Page Six.
The 63-year-old leading man has carefully avoided politics during his career, out of fear of alienating and dividing his audience, but his ambitious plans to shoot in space would require the assistance of both SpaceX and NASA.
According to the report’s sources:
“From what I understand, they would need NASA coordination to do the movie, and supposedly Tom Cruise did not want to ask Donald Trump for a favor. You’d need permission from the federal government. Tom didn’t want to ask for political reasons.”
While Cruise’s dreams of moviemaking in space may be in a status of failure to launch, that doesn’t mean he isn’t already working on his next project. While this year saw him reportedly saying goodbye to his Mission: Impossible franchise, his currently untitled black comedy with director Alejandro González Iñárritu wrapped in May and is expected to arrive in cinemas on October 2, 2026.
Last month, Cruise shared an update on the movie, adding an image of his first rehearsal for the movie to his Instagram account with a gushing message to his latest director. He wrote:
"Today, I shared the first photo taken last year during a rehearsal on the set of my new film with Alejandro G. Iñárritu. Alejandro, 25 years ago I watched your first film, the classic Amores Perros. This weekend, 25 years later, I was deeply moved to have been presented the Honorary Oscar by you, my dear friend. I cannot wait to share our new film with you all next year!"
