Ryan Gosling is set to take his own trip to the moon as astronaut Neil Armstrong in the biopic First Man. He will reteam with his La La Land director Damien Chazelle on the film for Universal.
The biopic will be based on the autobiography First Man: A Life of Neil A. Armstrong with a script from Spotlight writer Josh Singer. The story will examine Armstrong’s life and his involvement in the mission to get man to the moon from 1961 – 1969, taking a look at the cost on Armstrong and America to complete the dangerous space mission.
Chazelle has been attached to the project since 2015 and will be getting ready to shoot First Man in early 2017.
Originally published December 29, 2016. Updated April 16, 2018.
