The new comedy-drama Fly Me To The Moon, from Columbia Pictures and Apple, follows NASA’s behind-the-scenes efforts to bolster its reputation in advance of the Apollo 11 trip to the Moon. Conspiracy theorists might have a field day with one of the main plot aspects, but the trailer gives the impression that it’s a lighthearted, enjoyable movie night.
Kelly Jones, portrayed by Scarlett Johansson, is a public relations specialist hired by NASA to enhance public opinion before to launch. In addition to squabbling with launch director Cole Davis (Channing Tatum) and making the team famous across the world, Kelly is given a particularly challenging assignment: to covertly produce a phony landing sequence in the event that the mission goes awry.
The rest of the cast, which includes Woody Harrelson, looks solid too. For one thing, the delightful Jim Rash (Community) plays the very much not Stanley Kubrick director of the phony Moon landing. The movie’s director is Greg Berlanti, who was behind Love, Simon and a string of DC Comics TV shows.
Fly Me To The Moon will arrive in theaters on July 14, almost 55 years to the day after Apollo 11 launched.
