Ryan Gosling’s First Man To Open At The 75th Venice International Film Festival

Oscar-winning director Damien Chazelles space race drama “First Man” will open at the 75th annual Venice International Film Festival on August 29.

This will mark the second opening-night Venice bow for Chazelle. His previous film, “La La Land,” kicked off the fest in 2016 before cruising into the awards season and tying the all-time Oscar nominations record, reports variety.com.

Chazelle ultimately won the best-director prize at the Academy Awards, while Barry Jenkins’ “Moonlight” walked away with best picture.

A Universal Pictures release, “First Man” stars Ryan Gosling as astronaut Neil Armstrong in the years leading up to the Apollo 11 moon-landing mission of 1969.