Jon Bernthal joins Damien Chazelle's Neil Armstrong biopic

Actor Jon Bernthal has been added the cast of Universal's Neil Armstrong biopic 'First Man'. 'The Punisher' star is in negotiations to play Dave Scott, who walked on the moon in July 1971 as part of Apollo 15, making him one of only a dozen men to have set foot on its surface, sources said.

Bernthal is joining Ryan Gosling in the biopic, which will reunite the latter with his 'La La Land' director Damien Chazelle.The cast also includes Kyle Chandler, Corey Stoll and Jason Clarke. Filming is expected to begin this November in Atlanta. The film is set for an October 12, 2018 release in US theatres.
'First Man' is based on James Hansen's biography 'First Man: A Life Of Neil A Armstrong', the riveting story of NASA's mission to land a man on the moon which focuses on Neil Armstrong and the years 1961-1969.