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Oct 2021
9m 55s

"Tom Cruise, We Have a Problem"

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Earth to Tom Cruise: You lose!! The action star's dreams of making the first-ever feature film in SPACE have flamed out. A Russian filmmaker and his leading lady docked yesterday at the International Space Station to begin shooting their own movie. And that leaves Maverick grounded… for now. But always one to push the dare-devil limits, he’s GOT to be cooking up something amazing for his film. So, will Tom go where no man has gone before?

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