Ryan Gosling to star in La La Land director's Neil Armstrong biopic

Ryan Gosling has signed up to star in a biopic of astronaut Neil Armstrong. 

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Gosling has been in talks about a role on the project since late 2015, but has only just confirmed his role. 

The movie will see Gosling, who has just completed work on Blade Runner 2049, re-team with Damien Chazelle, the man with wom he made musical La La Land. 

The project is an adaptation of James Hansen's First Man: A Life of Neil A. Armstrong and has a script by Josh Singer, best known for his Oscar winning role Spotlight.