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Movie Review – Gangster Squad (2013)

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Gangster Squad, 2013. Directed by Ruben Fleischer. Starring Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Sean Penn, Giovanni Ribisi, Michael Pena, Anthony Mackie, Robert Patrick, Nick Nolte and Josh Pence. SYNOPSIS: Based on a true story, Gangster Squad follows an off-the-books team of LAPD officers trying to take down a ruthless mobster, Mickey Cohen (Penn), in […]

Ryan Gosling teaming with David Leitch for stuntman drama

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Deadline is reporting that Ryan Gosling is teaming with director David Leitch (John Wick, Deadpool 2) for an as-yet-untitled stuntman drama which has just found a home at Universal Pictures. The film is being scripted by Drew Pearce, who previously wrote Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw for Leitch and Universal. Plot details are […]

Movie Review – First Man (2018)

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First Man, 2018. Directed by Damien Chazelle. Starring Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler, Patrick Fugit, Ciaran Hinds, Ethan Embry, Olivia Hamilton, Shea Whigham, Corey Stoll, and Pablo Schreiber. SYNOPSIS: The story of Neil Armstrong, who would become the first man to talk on the moon, and the NASA scientists that helped him […]

Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans to star in the Russo Brothers’ espionage thriller The Gray Man

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The Russo Brothers’ have targeted their first big blockbuster film since Avengers: Endgame for what will be Netflix’s financially biggest production. According to Deadline, the pair have casted Ryan Gosling (Blade Runner 2049) and Chris Evans (Knives Out) in The Gray Man, an espionage thriller that will see Gosling and Evans battle it out as a […]

The Invisible Man’s Leigh Whannell in talks to direct Ryan Gosling in Universal’s Wolfman

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The Invisible Man director is looking to tackle another iconic Universal Monster, with Deadline is reporting that Leigh Whannell is in talks to direct Wolfman, a re-imagining of the 1941 horror film The Wolf Man. Ryan Gosling will star in the lead role with Jason Blum and his company Blumhouse coming on board to produce […]

Ryan Gosling attached to The Wolf Man remake at Universal Pictures

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Following the success of the 2020 surprise hit The Invisible Man, Universal Pictures is looking to revisit its classic catalog of Monsters once again. Variety reports that the studio will move forward with a new version of The Wolf Man, with Ryan Gosling attached to star at the title character. Sources close to Variety tell […]

Ryan Gosling to produce and star in Project Hail Mary from The Martian author Andy Weir

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Deadline has revealed that Ryan Gosling (Blade Runner 2049) is set to produce and star in Project Hail Mary, an adaptation of The Martian author Andy Weir’s upcoming sci-fi novel of the same name. Project Hail Mary won’t hit book shelves until spring 2021, but the novel is already in high demand with MGM in talks to produce […]

DVD Review – The Big Short (2015)

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The Big Short, 2015. Directed by Adam McKay. Starring Ryan Gosling, Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Brad Pitt, Finn Wittrock, Max Greenfield, Melissa Leo, Rafe Spall, Hamish Linklater, Tracy Letts, John Magaro, Jeremy Strong, Marissa Tomei, Karen Gillan, Stanley Wong, Byron Mann, Margot Robbie, and Selena Gomez. SYNOPSIS: Four denizens of the world of high-finance predict […]

Movie Review – First Man (2018)

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First Man, 2018. Directed by Damien Chazelle. Starring Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler, Christopher Abbott, Patrick Fugit, Ciaran Hinds, Ethan Embry, Olivia Hamilton, Lukas Haas, Shea Whigham, Corey Stoll, Brian d’Arcy James, Cory Michael Smith, J.D. Evermore, John David Whalen, Kris Swanberg, Skyler Bible, Ben Owen, William Gregory Lee, Steven Coulter, Shawn […]