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Ryan Gosling’s Neil Armstrong biopic will land on October 12th, 2018

Ryan Gosling’s Neil Armstrong biopic will land on October 12th, 2018

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Ryan Gosling’s Apollo 11 film First Man now has a release date. The movie is slated to hit theaters on October 12th, 2018, according to Deadline.

Based on the astronaut’s official biography First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong, by NASA historian James R. Hansen, the movie will only cover the years between 1961 and 1969 as Armstrong and his crew prepare for their historic Apollo 11 mission.

The film will reunite Gosling and La La Land director Damien Chazelle, while Spotlight director Josh singer is slated to write the screenplay.