Fly Me to the Moon(2024)

PG-13
2h 12m
- Comedy
- Romance

Release Date: Jul 12, 2024 | Wide

65%
89%
A-
6.6

Marketing maven Kelly Jones wreaks havoc on NASA launch director Cole Davis's already difficult task. When the White House deems the mission too important to fail, the countdown truly begins.

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Releases

Original Release | Jul 12, 2024

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Box Office Results

Results

Opening Weekend US & Canada:
$9,402,176
Total US & Canada:
$20,532,222
Total International
$21,728,312
Total Worldwide:
$42,260,534

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Director & Top Cast

Greg Berlanti
Director

Scarlett Johansson
Kelly Jones

Channing Tatum
Cole Davis

Woody Harrelson
Moe Berkus

Ray Romano
Henry Smalls

Jim Rash
Lance Vespertine

Anna Garcia

Ruby Martin

Donald Elise Watkins

Stu Bryce

Noah Robbins

Don Harper

Christian Clemenson

Walter

Colin Woodell

Buzz Aldrin

Nick Dillenburg

Neil Armstrong

Christian Zuber

Michael Collins

Gene Jones

Senator Hopp

Joe Chrest

Senator Vanning

Stephanie Kurtzuba

Jolene Vanning

Colin Jost

Senator Cook

Dariusz Wolski

Edvard

Technical Specifications

Aspect Ratio: 2.39 : 1

Other Details

Country of Origin: United States,United Kingdom

Language: English

Summaries

Plot Summary

In late 1968, Manhattan advertising executive Kelly Jones is offered a high-stakes job by Moe Berkus, a covert government operative working for President Richard Nixon. He tasks her with revitalizing NASA's public image midst waning interest in the Space Race. Under threat of being exposed for her deceptive past, Kelly reluctantly agrees and moves to Cocoa Beach, Florida, with her loyal assistant, Ruby.Upon arriving, Kelly encounters Cole Davis, the serious and principled launch director at the Kennedy Space Center. They immediately clash over Kelly's unconventional methods to boost NASA's public appeal, including corporate sponsorship's and hiring actors to portray scientists. Despite their differences, they begin to develop a mutual respect and attraction.As NASA prepares for the historic Apollo 11 mission, Kelly suggests broadcasting the moon landing using a television camera on the Lunar Excursion Module (LEM), a proposal Cole dismisses as impractical. However, Moe secretly endorses the idea and reveals an additional, shadowy directive to Kelly: she must prepare a fake moon landing to be aired if the real mission fails, a project code-named "Artemis".Moe pressures Kelly into creating this falsification by threatening to expose her less-than-honest past, as she has skillfully reinvented herself. Being skilled at her job, she arranges that a very talented but virtually unknown director come on board. Finding the most isolated airplane hangar on the base, it is heavily guarded. Everyone involved is sworn into secrecy.Kelly becomes increasingly uneasy with the deception, especially as she and Cole grow closer. When a key congressional supporter withdraws, jeopardizing NASA's funding, Cole and Kelly team up to win back his vote, ultimately succeeding through Cole's heartfelt appeal to a skeptical senator.Their partnership blossoms into a romantic relationship. As the Apollo 11 launch nears, Kelly discovers that the fake broadcast is set to air, regardless of the mission's outcome, due to a sabotage of the LEM camera. Overcome with guilt, she confesses everything to Cole, and together, they manage to repair the camera just in time.During the live broadcast, it is unclear whether audiences are watching the real moon landing or the fake. A stray cat wandering onto the set confirms that the real footage is being transmitted, and the mission is celebrated as a success.In the end, Moe begrudgingly accepts that the truth prevailed, allowing Kelly to leave her past behind. She reveals her real name, Winnie, to Cole, and they rekindle their romance as the Apollo 11 astronauts safely return to Earth.

Storyline

Starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum, Fly Me To The Moon is a sharp, stylish romantic comedy set against the high-stakes backdrop of NASA's historic Apollo 11 moon landing. Brought in to fix NASA's public image, sparks fly in all directions as marketing maven Kelly Jones (Johansson) wreaks havoc on launch director Cole Davis's (Tatum) already difficult task. When the White House deems the mission too important to fail, the countdown truly begins. — olisilumea

Movie Review

Fly Me to the Moon

The space race is back in the peppy, bouncy ‘Fly Me to the Moon’, but a sparky face-off between NASA launch director Channing Tatum and marketing wizard Scarlett Johansson can’t disguise an outdated feeling.

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