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Mission Impossible to shoot at famed Norway tourist site

Mission Impossible to shoot at famed Norway tourist site

By ASSOCIATED PRESS

Equipment in preparation for filming of a new Mission Impossible movie is airlifted by helicopters to Preikestolen (Pulpit Rock) in Lysefjorden near Stavanger, Norway, on Friday November 3, 2017. Photo: AP

COPENHAGEN: Technical equipment to shoot “Mission: Impossible 6” is being helicoptered in to southern Norway’s most famous tourist attraction — which means the site is being temporarily closed off for visitors. Cameras are to be rolling Tuesday through Thursday at the Preikestolen (Pulpit Rock), a plateau and spectacular viewpoint over Norway’s mountainous landscape that sits more than 600 meters (nearly 2,000 feet) above the Lysefjord. Tom Cruise, who broke his ankle while performing a stunt for the film during a London shoot, is expected to be on the Norway set. The Stavanger Aftenblad newspaper said Saturday that an airplane with filming gear has landed at a nearby airport and a helicopter was seen hoisting containers onto Pulpit Rock. The film is scheduled to open in July 2018.