Film studio in space planned for 2024
The company co-producing Tom Cruise’s forthcoming space film has unveiled plans for a film production studio and a sports arena in zero gravity.
Space Entertainment Enterprise (SEE) has said their planned completion date is December 2024 for the module, named SEE-1, which will dock on Axiom Station, the commercial wing of the International Space Station (ISS).
The site will host films, television, music and sports events – although on-site audience capacity is yet to be determined – as well as content creators who want to develop, produce, record, broadcast and livestream 250 miles above Earth.
Third-party providers will be able to use the facilities, but SEE also intends to make its own content.
Axiom Station will then separate from the ISS in 2028. Axiom won the contract to develop the commercial wing earlier this month.
“SEE-1 is an incredible opportunity for humanity to move into a different realm and start an exciting new chapter in space,” said SEE co-founders Dmitry and Elena Lesnevsky. “It will provide a unique and accessible home for boundless entertainment possibilities in a venue packed with innovative infrastructure, which will unleash a new world of creativity.
“With worldwide leader Axiom Space building this cutting-edge, revolutionary facility, SEE-1 will provide not only the first, but also the supreme quality space structure enabling the expansion of the two trillion-dollar global entertainment industry into low-Earth orbit.”
Axiom is the company that intends to send Tom Cruise and director Doug Liman to the International Space Station this year to shoot what will now be the second movie to be shot in space.
Cruise had been planning to jet off in October 2021, but the trip was put back a few months for reasons
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