Ryan Gosling will no longer star in the next film from the Oscar-winning directing duo Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Variety has confirmed.
No reason was given for Gosling’s departure.
Plot details remain under wraps, and production was expected to begin in Los Angeles later this summer. Universal had originally scheduled the film for Jun. 12, 2027, before moving it to Nov. 19, 2027.
The three-time Oscar nominee is still set to appear in one major 2027 release: director Shawn Levy’s “Star Wars: Starfighter.” Gosling is already leading the box office in 2026 with Amazon MGM’s sci-fi epic “Project Hail Mary,” which earned $80 million domestically and $141 million globally during its opening weekend.
Kwan and Scheinert, collectively known as Daniels, made their feature directorial debut with 2016’s “Swiss Army Man,” a fantasy comedy starring Paul Dano and Daniel Radcliffe as a flatulent corpse. Their most recent film, 2022’s “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” starred Michelle Yeoh and was a critical and commercial success, earning more than $100 million at the box office and winning seven Oscars, including best picture.
Kwan, Scheinert and producer Jonathan Wang will produce the untitled film through their Playgrounds overall deal with Universal. Kwan and Wang recently backed “The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist,” from Universal’s specialty studio Focus Features, which is set for release on Mar. 27.
Deadline first reported Gosling’s casting and exit.
From Variety US
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