‘Fly Me to the Moon’ trailer lets Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum play among the stars [Watch]
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“Fly Me to the Moon,” a Space Race-set romantic comedy starring two-time Oscar nominee Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum, is about to blast off. On Monday, Apple TV+ released a trailer for the film, which lands on screens this summer via a distribution deal with Sony Pictures.
“Fly Me to the Moon” tells a fictitious story set in the late ‘60s during the lead-up to the Moon Landing. Johansson, who also serves as a producer, stars as Kelly Jones, a marketing mastermind hired by NASA to improve the space program’s image. She has professional and romantic tension with Cole Davis (Tatum), a by-the-book launch commander. Things get really wild when Jones is ordered to film a fake moon landing, just in case the real one doesn’t work. And yes, there is a Stanley Kubrick joke.
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The film was originally called “Project Artemis” – which is an actual, totally unrelated current NASA initiative – but announced its new, more romcom-appropriate title earlier this month. The project was initially set up in 2022 when Apple paid a reported $100 million for the rights. At the time, Jason Bateman was set to direct with Chris Evans starring alongside Johansson. But Bateman and Evans exited the project and were replaced by “Love, Simon” director Greg Berlanti and Tatum.
The cast also includes Jim Rash, Ray Romano, Anna Garcia, Donald Elise Watkins, Noah Robbins, Colin Woodell, Nick Dillenburg, Christian Zuber, and Woody Harrelson. The script is written by Rose Gilroy, who is the daughter of actress Rene Russo and screenwriter and director Dan Gilroy.
“Fly Me to the Moon” opens in theaters on July 12. It will stream on Apple TV+ at a later date.
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