United Kingdom, Sept. 2 -- Tom Cruise's space movie won't be "gimmicky".

The 63-year-old actor was revealed in 2020 to be working with his Edge of Tomorrow director Doug Liman on a film set outside of the Earth's surface, and the 60-year-old filmmaker is still very excited about the project, but he's only going to go ahead with the idea if they can make a "great" movie which needs the groundbreaking setting to serve a purpose.

Asked about the project, Doug told Deadline: "I'm more excited about going to space, not less . but our goal is too make something great. A lot of people are trying to do gimmicky things like, 'Oh, it's in space.'

"I'm not interested in doing something that's a just promotional gimmick. I want to make a film that...