After his scene-stealing flip as Ken within the 2023 blockbuster hit “Barbie,” Oscar-nominated actor Ryan Gosling is taking up one other large popular culture franchise: the “Star Wars” universe.
Gosling will star within the upcoming “Star Wars: Starfighter,” due for launch in Could 2027, Lucasfilm introduced on Friday on the Star Wars Celebration occasion in Japan.
The movie, to be directed by Shawn Levy (“Deadpool & Wolverine,” “Stranger Issues”), can be set about 5 years after the occasions of 2019’s “Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker,” Lucasfilm, a subsidiary of Disney, stated in a press release.
‘The Drive is a mysterious factor’
Followers cheered as Gosling and Levy made a shock look on the Japan occasion to substantiate the mission, which is able to start manufacturing later this 12 months.
The movie can be “a completely new journey that includes all-new characters set in a time frame that has not been explored on display but,” the corporate stated.
Carrying a baseball hat with the slogan “By no means Inform Me The Odds,” Gosling stated: “I feel it’s simply precisely the recommendation that we want as we embark on this journey.”
“The Drive is a mysterious factor. However I feel as I’m right here, I really feel just like the Drive is the followers,” the Canadian actor stated to cheers.
“I feel all we are able to hope for is that – could the followers be with us.”
Levy acknowledged the daunting nature of becoming a member of a franchise with a rabid fan base.
“You tackle ‘Star Wars,’ you tackle one thing that’s this beloved – it’s intimidating. You’re scared, you’re nervous, you wish to get it proper,” the Canadian filmmaker stated.
“However we now have a sense that with this story, with this collaboration, we are able to get it proper.”
The standalone movie will come a 12 months after “The Mandalorian & Grogu,” an enlargement of the favored Disney+ streaming collection starring Pedro Pascal due out in 2026.
Different Star Wars movies are within the works from administrators resembling Taika Waititi, greatest recognized for “Jojo Rabbit” and two Marvel superhero “Thor” movies, and James Mangold, who helmed the latest Bob Dylan biopic “A Full Unknown.”
A trilogy from Simon Kinberg and a movie from Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy are additionally in improvement.
Gosling, 44, has three Oscar nominations to his title: greatest supporting actor for “Barbie,” and two greatest actor nods for “La La Land” and “Half Nelson.”
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By Garrin Lambley © Agence France-Presse
