Actor Ryan Gosling is overseeing some brief milestones reached in his career, such as his latest feature, Project Hail Mary, becoming his longest onscreen appearance to date. Additionally, his only sequel performance has remained as 2017’s Blade Runner 2049, a follow-up to the original 1984 film starring Harrison Ford, until now.
Gosling is set to appear in another installment in the nearly 50-year-long mega media franchise Star Wars, the sci-fi epic charting rebels taking down imperialist empires in a galaxy far, far away.
This will see the star take on another franchise performance; a rare occurrence since he prefers stand-alone Hollywood pieces such as The Notebook, La La Land, First Man and Barbie, to name a few. He also made his own directorial debut with 2014’s fantasy Lost River.
During press for Project Hail Mary, Gosling revealed the mindset behind taking on this particular franchise gig.
“It was Shawn’s enthusiasm and his vision and the script, and I just avoided these things because they never felt right,” the actor reportedly told io9. “And I’m glad I did because I feel like, [similar to] a book like this, [it was] worth waiting for. And it is like a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.”
Star Wars: Starfighter will be directed by Shawn Levy, reported by Deadline to be a“must-have, must-keep director”. He will be working from a script written by Jonathon Trooper, expected to take place five years after Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019).
Additionally starring Matt Smith, Mia Goth, Aaron Pierre, Simon Bird, Jamael Westman, Daniel Ings, Flynn Grey, and Amy Adams, the standalone sequel will focus on “…a solitary pilot becomes entangled in a crucial mission as new threats emerge. Their journey may alter the future of the Force itself.”
The project was first announced to begin development in 2023, with the Writers Guild Strike postponing any headway being made initially.
Star Wars: Starfighter is scheduled for a 28th, May 2027, release.
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