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10. It Was Filmed Partially In Space - The Challenge

In May 2020, Tom Cruise announced that he's planning to shoot a film in space with director Doug Liman (Edge of Tomorrow), yet he's already been beaten to the punch by a team of enterprising Russian filmmakers, who earlier this year released their aptly-titled sci-fi docudrama The Challenge.

The film revolves around a surgeon (Yulia Peresild) who is sent to space to help an injured cosmonaut, with around 35 minutes of the epic's runtime consisting of footage shot in space with a small production team.

The cast and crew underwent a rigorous screening process and several months of training to endure the rigours of space, before spending 12 days shooting on and around the International Space Station.

Though the film hasn't yet been released outside Russia, early reviews have praised the technical execution of the space-shot scenes, and from the trailer alone, it certainly looks like a phenomenal, daunting achievement.

Your move, Tom.