VIDEO : Release Date Set for Ryan Gosling's Neil Armstrong Movie

In an announcement Tuesday, Universal said that its Neil Armstrong biopic 'First Man', will hit theaters on October 12, 2018. The film will star Ryan Gosling as the famous astronaut and will reunite the actor with 'La La Land' director Damien Chazelle, who will helm the movie. The drama is described as a visceral, first-person account of NASA?s mission to land a man on the moon between the years 1961-1969. First Man, whose movie script was written by Josh Singer, is based on the book by James R.