Norway is the latest stop for Tom Cruise’s peripatetic “Mission: Impossible” franchise, with the production hiring two ships from Norwegian cruise line Hurtigruten, according to local media reports.Hurtigruten has confirmed to Norwegian tabloid Verdens Gang that they have rented out two of their ships, Ms Vesterålen and Ms Fridtjof Nansen, for a month, beginning at the end of August until the end of September, to local production services company Truenorth Norway.The purpose of the ships appear to be to house crew, for which Cruise has reportedly paid £500,000, according to Sky News.At least one of the ships, the Ms Fridtjof Nansen, is docked at Hellesylt and will serve as a hotel-ship during filming, as confirmed by the Counsilor of Stranda municipality to Norway Today.The Norwegian government has exempted the crew from quarantine requirements, it was announced last week.
The Norwegian Film Institute has invested NOK50 million ($5.69 million) in the production.
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