Fly Me to the Moon

Fly Me to the Moon is a 2024 romantic comedy drama directed by Greg Berlanti and written by Rose Gilroy, set against the backdrop of the 1960s space race. Scarlett Johansson stars as Kelly Jones, a sharp marketing specialist brought in by NASA to boost public enthusiasm for the Apollo 11 moon landing, while Channing Tatum plays Cole Davis, the no-nonsense launch director who clashes with her media-savvy approach. The film also stars Woody Harrelson as a government official and Ray Romano as a NASA engineer. When Kelly is secretly tasked with staging a fake moon landing as a backup plan, the deception threatens both the mission and her growing feelings for Cole. Filming began in October 2022 and took place extensively across the Savannah, Georgia area, with the historic city's architecture providing a convincing 1960s period backdrop. Tybee Island stood in for Cocoa Beach, Florida, with the Tybee Beach Pier appearing prominently in scenes where Kelly and Cole spend time at the beach. The city of Pooler, west of Savannah, hosted scenes with vintage cars and period extras. Fort Pulaski National Monument doubled as the Kennedy Space Center, its imposing military architecture lending credibility to the NASA facilities. Additional shooting took place at the real Cape Canaveral in Florida. The film premiered at AMC Lincoln Square in New York on July 8, 2024, and was theatrically released on July 12, 2024 by Sony Pictures.