FLY ME TO THE MOON Trailer (2024) Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatum

FLY ME TO THE MOON Trailer (2024) Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatum

FLY ME TO THE MOON Trailer (2024) Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatum, Woody Harrelson, Comedy
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Sony and Apple have released the first trailer for “Fly Me to the Moon,” a romantic comedy starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum, which is set to premiere on July 12. The film is set against the 1960s space race and features Johansson as a marketing exec hired by NASA to film a fake moon landing in case the real mission fails. Apple won the project in a $100 million deal following a bidding war in 2022, and the project was formerly known as “Project Artemis.”

Chris Evans was first set to play Tatum’s role, while Oscar nominee Johansson — who also produces — has been attached to the film since its inception. Jason Bateman was originally set as the film’s director but left the project due to creative differences. His exit altered the shooting schedule and meant Evans could not complete the project and Netflix’s “Pain Hustlers” at the same time. Bateman previously told Variety that the film will be set around the moon landing.

“Channing is such an easy-going actor, good spirited and professional. Falling in love with him onscreen was pretty easy. He’s such a likable person,” Johansson recently told People magazine. “Kelly and Cole are such opposites. It was fun to play that dynamic with Channing.”

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Jim Rash, Ray Romano, Anna Garcia, Donald Elise Watkins, Noah Robbins, Colin Woodell, Nick Dillenburg, Christian Zuber and Woody Harrelson round out the cast. Greg Berlanti will direct from a script by Rose Gilroy.

Berlanti has worked as a showrunner, writer and producer on TV shows such as “Arrow,” “The Flash,” “The Flight Attendant” and “Riverdale.” He has also directed the films “Love, Simon” and “The Broken Hearts Club.”

Johansson produces under her These Pictures banner, with Jonathan Lia and Keenan Flynn producing alongside her for These Pictures. Sarah Schechter produces for Berlanti Productions. Robert Dohrmann serves as executive producer.

See the full trailer below.
Apple Original Films and Sony aren’t at CinemaCon this year, but they’ve dropped a trailer online to fire the week off: The Greg Berlanti-directed space race movie Fly Me to the Moon, which stars Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum.

The movie follows two-time Oscar nominee Johansson as marketing specialist Kelly Jones who is brought in to pump up NASA’s historic Apollo 11 moon landing. Interoffice romance shenanigans fly with Tatum’s launch director Cole Davis. Upping the stakes: Jones is tasked with staging a fake moon landing as backup as the countdown begins.

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“I know a lot more about the moon than I know about you,” woos Cole to Kelly at what looks to be inspiration point.

However, Cole seems to have a big problem with staging that moon landing.

Sony won the distribution rights to Fly Me to the Moon and Jon Watts’ George Clooney-Brad Pitt noir Wolfs after their release of Napoleon. Fly Me to the Moon will hit theaters July 12, repping the fourth Apple Original Films title to get a wide global release after Killers of the Flower Moon, Napoleon and Argylle.

Rose Gilroy wrote the script based on the story by Bill Kirstein & Keenan Flynn. Producers are Johansson, Jonathan Lia, Keenan Flynn and Sarah Schechter. Robert J. Dohrmann is EP. Fly Me to the Moon also stars Nick Dillenburg, Anna Garcia, Jim Rash, Noah Robbins, Colin Woodell, Christian Zuber and Donald Elise Watkins, with Ray Romano and Woody Harrelson.

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"We need to shoot the backup version of the Moon landing…" Sony Pictures & Apple TV have revealed the official trailer for Fly Me to the Moon, a romantic comedy from writer / filmmaker Greg Berlanti, who last directed the hit romcom Love, Simon. This is opening in theaters nationwide in July, a big mainstream comedy set during the Apollo 11 moon landing era of NASA - about creating a fake moon landing "backup". Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum star as a 1960s ad shark and a by-the-book launch director on a mission set against the high-stakes backdrop of NASA's historic moon landing. Marketing maven Kelly Jones wreaks havoc on launch director Cole Davis's already difficult task. When the White House deems the mission too important to fail, Jones is directed to stage a fake moon landing as alternative incase they need it. In addition to Johansson & Tatum, this also stars Nick Dillenburg, Anna Garcia, Jim Rash, Noah Robbins, Colin Woodell, Christian Zuber, Donald Elise Watkins, with Ray Romano, and Woody Harrelson. This looks funny and sweet, though not exactly a nerdy space movie – more of a romcom for everyone to enjoy. It'll likely end up streaming on Apple at the end of the summer after playing in theaters.

Here's the official trailer for Greg Berlanti's Fly Me to the Moon, direct from Apple TV's YouTube:

Fly Me to the Moon Movie

Fly Me to the Moon Movie

Starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum, Fly Me to the Moon is a sharp, stylish comedy-drama set against the high-stakes backdrop of NASA's historic Apollo 11 moon landing in the 1960s. Sparks fly in all directions as marketing maven Kelly Jones (Johansson), brought in to fix NASA's public image, wreaks havoc on launch director Cole Davis' (Tatum) already difficult task. When the White House deems this mission too important to fail, he is directed to stage a fake moon landing as backup, and the countdown truly begins. Fly Me to the Moon is directed by the acclaimed American writer / producer / filmmaker Greg Berlanti, director of the films Life as We Know It and Love, Simon previously, and also a writer on the TV series "You", "The Flash", "Titans", and "Superman & Lois" most recently. The screenplay is written by Rose Gilroy and Sharon Maguire, from a story by Keenan Flynn and Bill Kirstein. Originally known as Project Artemis. Produced by Giannina Facio, Keenan Flynn, Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Lia, Sarah Schechter, Ridley Scott, Tony Scott. Developed by Apple TV and Scott Free Productions. Sony Pics will debut Fly Me to the Moon in theaters nationwide starting on July 12th, 2024 this summer movie season. Look any good?
Opposites attract in Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum's new lunar love story.
PEOPLE has the exclusive first look at Fly Me to the Moon, a dramedy starring Johansson and Tatum set during NASA's historic 1969 moon landing mission.

She plays Kelly Jones, part of the marketing team helping rehab NASA's public image, and he is launch director Cole Davis. "When the President deems the mission too important to fail," a synopsis teases, "Jones is directed to stage a fake moon landing as backup and the countdown truly begins."

Johansson, 39, tells PEOPLE she didn't know Tatum, 43, before making Fly Me to the Moon, despite having "many friends in common."

"Channing is such an easy-going actor, good spirited and professional. Falling in love with him onscreen was pretty easy. He’s such a likable person," she says, adding of their characters, "Kelly and Cole are such opposites. It was fun to play that dynamic with Channing."

The actress, who is also a producer on the film, describes her character Kelly as a "very modern woman living in a time where women were often underestimated."

"She uses that to her advantage and is always a few steps ahead," adds Johansson.

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Kelly Jones (Scarlett Johansson) and Cole Davis (Channing Tatum) in FLY ME TO THE MOON.
Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum in "Fly Me to the Moon". COURTESY OF SONY PICTURES/DAN MCFADDEN
The Fly Me to the Moon cast also features Nick Dillenburg, Anna Garcia, Jim Rash, Noah Robbins, Colin Woodell, Christian Zuber, Donald Elise Watkins, Ray Romano and Woody Harrelson. As Johansson remembers, they "all just laughed a ton and had a great time. It was a total pleasure to be onset with all that good energy."

The film is directed by Greg Berlanti (Love, Simon) and written by Rose Gilroy from the story by Bill Kirstein and Keenan Flynn.

"The inspiration for this story," Berlanti, 51, tells PEOPLE, "was to craft a big, fun, smart original movie around whether or not the American government could have possibly faked the Apollo 11 moon landing, which is still the most-watched live TV event in the history of the world and has since become one of the most talked about conspiracy theories."

Kelly Jones (Scarlett Johansson) in FLY ME TO THE MOON.
Scarlett Johansson in "Fly Me to the Moon". COURTESY OF SONY PICTURES/DAN MCFADDEN
The director explains that recreating the moon landing (and the methods in which it could possibly have been "faked" at the time) was "most challenging" — and "required a set the size of baseball field."

That, plus "months of construction and design work with all of our department heads, wire work with stunt actors, lighting work with lights from that era and a movement coach working with our 'fake astronauts' to match step for step Buzz [Aldrin] and Neil [Armstrong's] first historic walk on the moon."

"They are some of the most famous images in history," he says, "and we needed to match them completely — but in a way they could have only done in 1969."

But, says Berlanti, even with "rockets going off and moon walks in the film, the real event is watching all of these incredible actors together."

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Cole Davis (Channing Tatum) and Henry Smalls (Ray Romano) in FLY ME TO THE MOON.
Channing Tatum in "Fly Me to the Moon". COURTESY OF SONY PICTURES/DAN MCFADDEN
"Scarlett and Channing had never done a film together, and I'm sure audiences will want them to do many more after this one," he says. "They're each individually a dream, both personally and professionally. They have the rarest of gifts with comedy and drama."

"Watching them act together was like watching two great rockstars do a duet for the first time," continues Berlanti. "From rehearsal through the end of shooting, working with the two of them was one of the great pinch-me moments of my life."

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Cole Davis (Channing Tatum) in FLY ME TO THE MOON.
Channing Tatum in "Fly Me to the Moon". COURTESY OF SONY PICTURES
Johansson says Fly Me to the Moon is appealing because it is "totally original."

"It’s not derivative of anything else, it doesn’t follow a formula," she says. "I think audiences haven’t been offered a big-idea movie that is both funny and poignant and original in a long time, and they are hungry for that. The film is totally entertaining and fresh. I’m very proud of it for its newness and scope."

Fly Me to the Moon, an Apple Original Film, will be in theaters, in partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment, on July 12.