After a very long hiatus (by Disney standards), the saga Star Wars is going to return to the cinema, and Ryan Gosling could well be there.
Since the acquisition of Lucasfilm and the saga by Disney, life is not a long, quiet river for the Jedi. Although successful at the box office, the trilogy started in 2015 with The Force Awakens experienced some misadventures behind the scenes, notably after the departure of Colin Trevorrow from the last part and the return of JJ Abrams. The two spin-offs Rogue One et Solo also had their share of production problems, so much so that the second constitutes the only economic failure of the franchise to date.
Since then, the announcements have followed one another and piled up, in a cacophony worthy of the cantina: Rian Johnson, Patty Jenkins, Taïka Waititi, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Simon Kinberg, DB Weiss, David Benioff, James Mangold… All have been announced more or less officially at the helm of a feature film in recent years. Some have been canceled, others are still in development, most have not given any news. Among all these projects, there is one that is likely to come to fruition very quickly, at least if the negotiations with a certain Ryan Gosling succeed.
Star Wars: Ryan Gosling Strikes Back
It is The Hollywood Reporter who landed this golden scoop: three-time Oscar nominee Ryan Gosling is reportedly in negotiations for a role in the galaxy far, far away. He would aim to headline Shawn Levy's projecttypically Hollywood director responsible for the trilogy Night at the Museum, Real Steel, a Google ad The Interns, Free Guy, Adam through time and director of Stranger Things. In 2024, he offered Mickey one of his biggest successes: the blockbuster Deadpool & Wolverine.
He develops his Star Wars since 2022while screenwriter Jonathan Tropper, behind Adam through timehas been working on a script for a year. Levy is expected to produce the film said « stand-alone » (which therefore does not fit into any cycle), independent of the « saga Skywalker »through his company 21 Laps, in collaboration of course with Kathleen Kennedy's Lucasfilm. Suffice it to say that we are not expecting an entertainment revolution.
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According to the sources of THRGosling's involvement shook up the entire organization of the director, who was to take care of a feature film for Paramount with Hugh Jackman and his longtime collaborator Ryan Reynolds. If the star of The Fall Guy et Barbie actually signs his contract, this Star Wars should leave the zone of uncertainty occupied by its peers to quickly enter production. It would therefore become Levy's next film, and the next part of the saga to pass this stage of development.
Filming could begin in fall 2025, making this mysterious project the second post-L’Ascension de Skywalker After The Mandalorian and Groguwhose filming has just finished, and which should be released on May 20, 2026 in France. A priori, could follow The New Jedi Orderdedicated to the character of Rey, always played by Daisy Ridley. But nothing is less certain, the release having been postponed until November 2024.
Gosling, who was among the names circulating for the role of Kylo Ren according to rumors at the time, will first appear in Project Hail Maryanother science fiction film by Phil Lord and Chris Miller. You know, the duo of geniuses fired from Solo : A Star Wars Story right in the middle of production…
