Acclaimed director Damien Chazelle and his La La Land star Ryan Gosling will reteam on Chazelle’s Neil Armstrong biopic, First Man, for Universal.
Chazelle is directing a script by Oscar-winning Spotlight scribe Josh Singer
Sources say that a deal is closed for Gosling to star and it is likely that the film will shoot in early 2017.
Isaac Klausner will executive produce. Hansen is attached to co-produce.
Universal’s VP of Production Sara Scott will oversee the project for the studio.
Chazelle and Gosling benefit from the strong box-office and critical acclaim of La La Land. The musical leads all films in Golden Globe nominations and also landed Gosling and co-star Emma Stone SAG nominations.
The picture has also earned 2016’s highest per-screen average for any movie to be released in less then 10 theaters.