First Man Will Portray Neil Armstrong Friend of Family

Author	Topic: Beginning Man (2018 Universal Pictures)
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999	posted 09-23-2014 03:52 PM Damien Chazelle, who directed the Sundance sensation "Whiplash," is in talks to direct "First Man," a biopic prepare at Universal that tells the story of Neil Armstrong, the astronaut who became the first man to set foot on the moon, Hollywood Reporter reports. Additionally, Josh Singer is being tapped to pen the script, which adapts the book Beginning Man: A Life of Neil A. Armstrong past James Hansen. Hansen had full admission to Armstrong'south family unit too as NASA when he wrote the tome. The motility brings a new bounce to the projection, which has been around for more 10 years and was at ane point prepare at Warner Bros. with Clint Eastwood attached to produce and direct. Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey of Temple Hill Amusement, coming off a overnice opening weekend with "The Maze Runner," are producing. ..."Showtime Man," however, won't exist Chazelle'due south next motion-picture show. That is probable to exist "La La Land," a musical prepare up at Lionsgate that has [Miles] Teller and Emma Watson attached to star. Vocaliser wrote "The Fifth Manor," the story of WikiLeaks and Julian Assange. He besides wrote "Spotlight," the story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the Cosmic church sexual activity abuse scandal that is in preproduction, with Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo and Rachel McAdams to star.
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999	posted 09-29-2014 05:19 PM collectSPACE Filmmaker, TV network take modest steps to Neil Armstrong biopics ..."Space enthusiasts need to know that it is not going to exist an "Apollo 13" or a "From the Globe to the Moon," Hansen told collectSPACE.com. "It is going to be sharply-edged, penetrating character study." "I am going to be deeply involved in this film, especially as the screenplay is written, and I will practise everything I can to make information technology an honest story," he added.
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: November 1999	posted eleven-24-2015 11:35 PM Player Ryan Gosling is reportedly being courted to play Neil Armstrong in Universal Studios' "Commencement Human"-based biopic by director Damien Chazelle and scriptwriter Josh Singer, Deadline reports. ...Chazelle and Gosling are currently together making La La Country, the musical film set in contemporary Los Angeles and starring Gosling equally a jazz pianist and Emma Stone every bit the aspiring actress he falls in love with.
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999	posted 12-09-2016 05:39 PM Director Damien Chazelle briefly discussed his Armstrong film with Vogue mag. ...my next motion-picture show is about [moon-landing astronaut] Neil Armstrong... Neil Armstrong? Why? Because he'southward fascinating. An entire country and the whole globe put their hopes and fears onto this 1 person who now feels almost un-human being. That period has been so encased in amber, equally though those guys on the moon trip were Greek gods, when they were really humans doing this crazy thing. I'm working on it with Ryan and Josh Singer, who wrote "Spotlight." It's not a biopic, merely about the years effectually the flight.
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999	posted 12-29-2016 01:22 PM collectSPACE Ryan Gosling to portray Neil Armstrong in Universal biopic 'First Homo' Actor Ryan Gosling will portray Neil Armstrong in Universal Studios' biopic virtually the Apollo 11 astronaut, "First Man," to be directed by Damien Chazelle. Gosling, who currently stars in Chazelle's latest picture show, "La La Land," now in theaters, secured the deal to appear as the starting time moonwalker this calendar month.
cspg Member Posts: 6210 From: Geneva, Switzerland Registered: May 2006	posted 12-30-2016 09:nineteen AM It's not a biopic, simply about the years around the flight. And then if it'southward not a biopic, what is it? And "about the years effectually the flying" mean before, during and after the moon landing? Images of the moonwalk volition be shown?
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999	posted 12-xxx-2016 10:03 AM The studio synopsis, cited in yesterday'due south commodity, says that the film will embrace the years of Armstrong's life "from 10-15 pilot to Gemini astronaut to commander of Apollo 11." For more than than that, nosotros'll have to wait for future studio announcements.
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: November 1999	posted 03-07-2017 01:26 PM Universal Studios has announced Oct. 12, 2018 as the release date for "First Human."
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999	posted 05-xix-2017 10:27 PM From "Kickoff Man" author Jim Hansen (photo credit Ohio State Academy): Chatting with Neil Armstrong's boyhood friend Kotcho Solocoff at the Ohio Land Armstrong Symposium last Monday. That is Josh Vocalizer, screenwriter for the upcoming Universal pic "Showtime Man," to my left. Director Damien Chazelle is at the bottom left of the motion-picture show with his dorsum turned to camera.
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: November 1999	posted 05-23-2017 09:14 PM Damien Chazelle start met with Ryan Gosling to discuss "First Human being" earlier casting him in "La La Land," co-ordinate to a new interview with Deadline Hollywood. Shortly before beginning prep on "La La Country," I started working on this motion-picture show near Neil Armstrong and the moon landing, "First Man." In fact, the first fourth dimension I met Ryan [Gosling], information technology was to talk to him most "First Man" and not "La La Country." It meant that, as soon as "La La" was done, I could go back into that. Chazelle said he was attracted to "Kickoff Human" by the total history of the moon landing. I think information technology was merely how, in some ways, crazy and dangerous the entire enterprise was. Y'all abound up seeing the gilded history of the moon landings, and I thought it would exist interesting to strip that away and look at what it took to actually pull this off. What kind of toll was taken on those people who were actually in the cockpit, risking their lives to pull it off.
BMacKinnon Member Posts: 230 From: Waterford, MI. United states of america Registered: Jul 2007	posted 05-24-2017 07:59 PM I was likewise in attendance at the event at Ohio Country. James Hansen was kind plenty to introduce me to Damien and Josh. I am looking frontwards to this film. Neil's story is in very capable and proven hands.
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999	posted 06-20-2017 05:08 PM Kyle Chandler will play Deke Slayton in Damien Chazelle's "First Man," Deadline Hollywood reports. Chandler will play Deke Slayton, the WWII airplane pilot, aeronautical engineer and test pilot who was selected as one of the original NASA Mercury Seven astronauts, and who became NASA's first Primary of the Astronaut Function.
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999	posted 06-twenty-2017 07:52 PM Corey Stoll will play Buzz Aldrin in "First Man," Hollywood Reporter reports. Corey Stoll is heading to the moon. The "House of Cards" star is in talks to play Buzz Aldrin in Universal's "First Homo," the movie about Neil Armstrong that will be helmed past La La Land director Damien Chazelle.
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999	posted 06-21-2017 06:28 PM Jason Clarke is in talks to play Ed White, Hollywood Reporter reports. If a deal is made, Clarke will play Ed White, the kickoff American to walk in infinite, who later died in an Apollo mission testing blow. (Clarke was born for a role in "First Man" — as in he was built-in on July 17, 1969.)
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: November 1999	posted 08-25-2017 09:49 AM Filming on "First Man" starts in October in Atlanta. Casting calls for extras are now going out in the surface area for experienced airplane mechanics (to play pad techs), experienced flight controllers and pilots (to play flight controllers in Mission Control), engineers, individuals with military experience, smokers, astronomers, NASA history enthusiasts and generally Caucasian men and women. They are also seeking 1960s-era cars. ...casting folks :"volition be doing invite only casting call to meet with director." The motion picture is also casting for young boys (ages half dozen to 10) in Waco, Texas to portray Armstrong'due south sons Rick and Mark.
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999	posted 09-05-2017 03:02 PM From Ryan Nagata (cS: ryannagata) on Instagram: I made some Apollo communications carrier "snoopy caps" for the upcoming Neil Armstrong movie with Ryan Gosling. Both the standard cap and the "Armstrong" manner. Neil is the only astronaut who wore that particular style cap which lacked the sweat pad on the forehead and had some extra brown straps sewn over the pinnacle. I was honored to be asked to brand these (and some other things I'll share soon). They are dead on assurance accurate, made of teflon only like the real matter.
Lou Chinal Member Posts: 1306 From: Staten Island, NY Registered: Jun 2007	posted 09-09-2017 07:12 PM If Ryan Nagata's work on Shepard'due south MR-3 suit is any indication, I will be very impressed. I am looking forward to this film.
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999	posted 09-29-2017 02:xiv PM Brian d'Arcy James has landed the part of Joe Walker, Deadline Hollywood reports. Walker was Armstrong's secondary boss who flew the world's first two spaceplane fights in 1963. Brian d'Arcy James joins a bandage that includes Ryan Gosling as Armstrong, Corey Stoll equally Buzz Aldrin, Jon Bernthal as Dave Scott, Kyle Chandler every bit Deke Slayton and Claire Foy as Janet Shearon. In addition to "Molly'southward Game" opening on Nov. 22, James tin exist seen in Sony Classics' Watergate "Deep Throat" biopic "Mark Felt: The Man Who Who Brought Downwards the White House," which is opening today in New York and Los Angeles.
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999	posted 09-30-2017 12:41 PM From the Armstrong Air and Space Museum on Facebook: Last month, Ryan Gosling and Damien Chazelle visited the museum to research Neil Armstrong and the Gemini Eight mission.
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999	posted 10-03-2017 09:42 AM Pablo Schreiber will portray Jim Lovell, Borderline Hollywood reports. Schreiber concurrently is filming one of the lead roles in "Skyscraper" contrary Dwayne Johnson, also for Universal. On Starz'south "American Gods," he is known for his turn as the foul-mouthed, out-of-luck leprechaun Mad Sweeney.
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: November 1999	posted 10-09-2017 08:42 PM From Ryan Nagata on Facebook (more photos here): As many of you lot know, I make replica infinite suits. I was asked recently by the product team of "Kickoff Man," the Neil Armstrong biopic starring Ryan Gosling, to make a replica of Armstrong's X-xv A/P22S-2 full pressure suit. At first I said no because I had very little interest in that particular arrange. But I got to examine a few of them in person in a friend'southward collection (there are VERY few of these suits remaining). And and then I saw a commercial for the United states of america Air Forcefulness and in that location was a cursory clip of Bob White (I think) in one of these suits and I was all of a sudden inspired to accept on the project. The whole thing took about a month and a half. I scratch-built almost every piece of this suit myself from photographs as there aren't a whole lot of real life examples of piece of work from anymore. In many ways it'due south easier to get reference cloth on the Apollo suit. It was sewn from aluminized nylon that was supplied past the production. Hopefully it will make it into the moving picture.
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999	posted 10-09-2017 11:43 PM Patrick Fugit volition play Elliot Encounter, Deadline Hollywood reports. Fugit currently stars in the Robert Kirkman-created Cinemax series, "Outcast," and is set to appear in Kenny Riches' upcoming drama, "A Name Without a Identify."
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999	posted x-25-2017 06:59 PM Offset photo of Ryan Gosling as Neil Armstrong, via People Magazine. The actor was photographed portraying the famed, late astronaut on-set in Atlanta, Georgia, this week...
spaced out Member Posts: 3110 From: Paris, France Registered: Aug 2003	posted x-26-2017 05:04 AM Some picture stars in the making... a few vintage pens and pencils from my personal collection which have been sent off to exist used as props for the forthcoming First Human being movie. If the film includes a scene covering Aldrin'due south use of a Duro marking pen to activate a circuit breaker in the Apollo xi LM it should be one of my old Duro markers on screen.
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999	posted xi-xiv-2017 01:25 PM Neil Armstrong's LLTV crash will be recreated at the Georgia National Fairgrounds and Agricenter in Perry next calendar week, the (Macon, Georgia) Telegraph reports. A production company spokeswoman wouldn't talk over details of the Perry filming, but a permit that the metropolis issued suggests that the scene is a re-creation of a training crash in which Armstrong was well-nigh killed. The let map of the site includes markings that country "crash," "fire location" and "Neil dragged." It also shows that two cranes will be used. The map is titled "LLTV Sequence." LLTV stands for lunar landing grooming vehicle... The scene will be filmed in an area east of the Go Fish Didactics Center on country between Perry Parkway and the Golden Isles Parkway. Roth wouldn't say what cast members — if any — may be there. The prepare is closed to the public and to media.
YankeeClipper Member Posts: 617 From: Dublin, Ireland Registered: Mar 2011	posted xi-16-2017 eleven:xix AM quote: Originally posted by Robert Pearlman: Neil Armstrong'due south LLTV crash will be recreated adjacent week... Folio 145 of NASA SP-2004-4535 has the following interesting observation from Wayne Ottinger: Later the accident, as a crane removed the wreckage of LLRV No. 1, Ottinger saw a serpent crawl out from under the wreck. He admitted imagining the befuddled snake looking up and asking, "What the hell was that?" I was told at Spacefest this June that the snake was the highly venomous Mojave Green rattlesnake. I wonder if the First Human producers volition be willing to include a pit viper as an actress?!
Rick Mulheirn Fellow member Posts: 4167 From: England Registered: February 2001	posted 11-sixteen-2017 01:54 PM The production company certainly seems to be going to groovy lengths to brand the movie every bit accurate as possible. The sound man responsible for the film placed microphones in this Apollo A7LB suit at the ILC white room earlier this year to accurately capture the sound of gloves, helmets and hoses being donned. When asked for assurances that these sound furnishings would non be left on the cut room floor my contact was told "I want the about authentic sound furnishings possible in the motion picture and when it comes to sound effects... what I says goes." I'thousand looking frontwards to seeing the finished movie.
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999	posted 01-12-2018 03:45 PM "First Man" will be filming in Cape Canaveral beginning Feb. 14 and is seeking extras. The production is seeking men and women, xx years of historic period or older. Men must have a flow-right haircut and be clean shaven. Women cannot have highlights in their pilus, fake nails or visible piercings or tattoos. Applications are open up through Feb. 8. Those chosen will be compensated $125 per 12 hours work.
space1 Member Posts: 853 From: Danville, Ohio Registered: Dec 2002	posted 01-13-2018 12:38 PM Historic Space Systems is supplying the Gemini Control Panel for the eventful Gemini 8 portion of the "First Man" movie. A late addition to the panel was a Flying Director Indicator (FDI) reproduction, the centerpiece of the left and right primary panels. The movie artists accept made the Gemini cockpit likewise as some additions to the command panel. And then we will take to see how well information technology all goes together.
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999	posted 04-25-2018 01:41 PM The first trailer for "Starting time Man" was screened for theater owners today (Apr 25) at CinemaCon. According to Variety, "Damien Chazelle may need to make more than room on his mantlepiece for a 2d Oscar based on the reaction to the trailer." The "La La State" auteur took the stage in Caesars Palace promising theater owners that he intended to have audiences on an "immersive journeying" while dramatizing the story of Neil Armstrong's mission to the moon. The goal is to bring moviegoers along with Armstrong and the coiffure of Appllo xi "equally they shot through the heavens and took those first few steps on the moon," he said. ...one particularly stirring scene [from the trailer] finds Armstrong answering his worried children's questions about whether or not he will get in back afterwards his lunar travels. He tries to deflect by noting that his squad has confidence, earlier ultimately acknowledging that he could dice. Information technology'due south an insular operation, i that could state [Ryan] Gosling in the awards chase. [Claire] Foy also may factor into consideration with her portrait of a worried adult female struggling to concord her family together.
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999	posted 06-06-2018 12:39 PM People Magazine has a first look at scenes from "First Man."
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999	posted 06-08-2018 07:46 AM Ryan Gosling will appear on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Game Night, airing this evening (June eight) at 8pm EDT on ABC, to promote "Starting time Man." Photo: Bauer Griffin/Daily Post
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999	posted 06-08-2018 x:x AM The offset movie poster for "Commencement Homo."
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: November 1999	posted 06-08-2018 07:32 PM collectSPACE First trailer for 'First Human' launches Ryan Gosling equally Neil Armstrong Universal Pictures has released a first look at "Starting time Homo." The studio on Friday (June eight) posted its first trailer for "Kickoff Homo," director Damien Chazelle's characteristic film starring role player Ryan Gosling as Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon.
buckeyecal Fellow member Posts: 90 From: before long to be Boise, ID The states Registered: Feb 2006	posted 06-08-2018 09:49 PM Saw the trailer merely now... WOW!!!! IMAX is going to be intense. Had a question. During the montage of images I heard what I thought was the throttle upwardly phone call from 51L. Don't know if that was just thrown in there for dramatic purposes or if it had any relation to Armstrong'due south connectedness with the Challenger review board and that was covered in the pic somehow...
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999	posted 06-08-2018 09:58 PM Others have noticed that every bit well and I suspect those who worked on the film are now aware of it, too. My gauge is that it was something pulled in for the trailer only, without the same type of scrutiny that was applied to the film itself.
buckeyecal Member Posts: xc From: presently to be Boise, ID United states of america Registered: Feb 2006	posted 06-08-2018 10:35 PM Understand Robert... appreciate the feedback and thanks.
oly Member Posts: 905 From: Perth, Western Australia Registered: April 2015	posted 06-09-2018 12:fourteen AM I was wondering how long it would take between the trailer release and criticism to begin online, The net is awash with critics spotting factual errors from a single movie trailer montage. I for ane tin can't wait to see this motion-picture show.
Mike Dixon Fellow member Posts: 1397 From: Kew, Victoria, Commonwealth of australia Registered: May 2003	posted 06-09-2018 02:23 AM Such a story as this needs to be as factual as possible. In all senses. Y'all'd hope they've had some existent experts to review it all. Even "Apollo thirteen" had bloopers (still a superb pic by the fashion), but that'due south me being my fastidious cocky.
oly Member Posts: 905 From: Perth, Western Australia Registered: Apr 2015	posted 06-09-2018 03:06 AM I concord, as authentic as possible would be keen, even so to embrace his career and remain accurate would be a mammoth job requiring a lot of time and money. I approximate the producers need to detect an equilibrium between what the general population and experts recognize every bit accurate. I will reserve my judgement until I see it on the big screen.