Russian Space Movie Director Says Moon or Mars Could Be Next

Russian Space Movie Director Says Moon or Mars Could Be Next
(L-R) Actress Yulia Peresild, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, and film director Klim Shipenko pose for a picture during an online news conference following their return from the International Space Station (ISS) in Star City, Russia, on Oct. 19, 2021. Andrey Shelepin/GCTC/Roscosmos/Handout via Reuters
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MOSCOW—Russian film director Klim Shipenko said on Tuesday he was up for making a movie on the moon or even Mars after returning from 12 days of shooting aboard the International Space Station that transformed his ideas about the possibilities of cinema.

Shipenko and actress Yulia Peresild returned to Earth on Sunday after gathering more than 30 hours of material for “The Challenge”, billed as the first space movie and hailed by Russian media as a world-beating achievement.