First Feature Film to Shoot Aboard ISS in Fall 2021
MOSCOW (Roscosmos PR) — The leading role in the first feature film to be filmed in space will be played by a woman. The decision was made by the producers of the picture in the interests of the plot.
Previously, the creators of the project planned to hold a competition among both men and women, having two scenarios, but in the process of further work and discussion, they came to the conclusion that the female image is certainly more advantageous for the picture.
The space drama with the tentative title “Challenge” is a joint project of the State Corporation Roscosmos, Channel One and the studio Yellow, Black and White. Filming will take place at the International Space Station in the fall of 2021.
In the near future, Channel One will announce the start of an All-Russian open competition, following which the leading performer and her understudy will be selected.
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Color me skeptical. But at least the main casting decision is correct. Russian women are waaaay better looking than Russian men. Make a Russian woman the star and releasing the film in foreign markets might just earn some money for hard-pressed Roscosmos and the other Russian production entities involved.
Hey Doug, maybe append (not the Tom Cruise joint) to the end of the article title so people won’t think it’s just another blurb about Tom Cruise’s movie and skip over it. 🙂
Wow, a Russian woman will finally get to fly in space again (iirc, the entire Russian cosmonaut corps is male these days. Last I remember reading, there was one female but she had some issue (or rather, the Russian government had some issue with her) and couldn’t fly.
I might be wrong about the above, but I’ve noticed that whenever I see a picture of a Soyuz crew the last number of years, any female is surely not Russian