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First man to La La Land on the Moon: Ryan Gosling signs up to play Neil Armstrong in director Damien Chazelle's biopic

Published: 21:51 EST, 29 December 2016 | Updated: 02:20 EST, 30 December 2016

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Their movie La La Land is being tipped for Awards Season glory.

And clearly Ryan Gosling and La La Land director Damien Chazelle can't wait to work together again - as they are set to team up once again according to THR on Thursday.

The 36-year-old actor has signed up to play Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, in a Chazelle directed biopic.

Space mission: Ryan Gosling has signed up to play Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, in a Damien Chazelle directed biopic

The movie has a stellar team, with Chazelle taking one giant la la leap from a musical, to adapting the book First Man: A Life of Neil A. Armstrong by James Hansen for the big screen.

The script has been written by Josh Singer, the Oscar-winning co-writer of Spotlight.

Ryan stars as the astronaut who became the first man to set foot on the moon, in July 1969.

Astronaut: Neil Armstrong was the first man to set foot on the moon, in July 1969 (pictured 1964)

The Nice Guys actor has reportedly been orbiting the project since late 2015, but it was only in December that a deal was reached.

Shooting is expected to start next year.

Armstrong was an officer in the U.S. Navy and served in the Korean War before becoming an astronaut. After the war, he earned his bachelor's degree at Purdue University and served as a test pilot in the 1950 and 1960s.

Dream team: La La Land director Damien Chazelle is also directing the biopic so will work with Ryan again

Superb talent: Chazelle's La La land stars Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone and is tipped for award season glory

According to studio sources, the movie will aim to tell the story of NASA’s Apollo 11 mission to land a man on the moon in the 1960s.

The 31-year-old director already scored five Oscar nominations for Whiplash last year and his La La Land has emerged as one of the top movies this awards season.

The movie scored seven Golden Globe nominations, including one for Chazelle, for directing, and Gosling, for acting. Gosling also nabbed a SAG nomination.

Gosling recently wrapped production on Blade Runner 2049 with Harrison Ford.

He has two daughters with Eva Mendes.

Iconic moment: Portrait of the prime crew of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission, From left to right they are: Commander, Neil A. Armstrong, Command Module Pilot, Michael Collins, and Lunar Module Pilot, Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin Jr