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Ryan Gosling Might Be in a 'Star Wars' Thanks to Shawn Levy

By Mike Redmond | News | January 22, 2025 |

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Thanks to Deadpool & Wolverine making a bajillion dollars at the box office, director Shawn Levy has some chips to cash. Well, surprise, he wants to burn them giving another franchise a shot in the arm: Star Wars.

Because there have been no less than 800 Star Wars movies announced (and abandoned) since Rise of the Skywalker dropped a wet fart in theaters, it’s easy to forget that Levy had a film in the mix that has yet to see the light of day. When Lucasfilm spiked the ball in April 2023 and tried to make it look like it had a burgeoning Star Wars film slate just raring to go, Levy’s film was not on the list. That’s about to change.

Ryan Gosling is reportedly in talks to join Levy’s film, and his involvement was enough to pull the director away from an upcoming project that would’ve got the Deadpool & Wolverine band back together. Not only that, but there’s a rush to make this thing yesterday.

Via THR:

It is meant to be a stand-alone movie, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter. Lucasfilm had no comment on any impending deal or the project’s details.

Sources say the Gosling development is a late-in-the-game move for Levy’s movie schedule. The filmmaker was eyeing to direct a boy band movie set up at Paramount, which would have reunited him with Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman. But Gosling’s interest and involvement suddenly shifted the Star Wars project into hyperspace. If a deal makes, the project would continue to fly like the Millennium Falcon, becoming not only Levy’s next movie but also the next Star Wars movie to go into production, with cameras potentially rolling this fall.

While all of this sounds exciting, I’ll believe it when I see it. I’m old enough to remember when Taika Waititi was supposed to have the first Star Wars movie out of the gate since the Sequel Trilogy and release it in December 2025. Obviously, that ain’t happening.

However, there is a lot of wind at the back of Levy’s project, and after watching Star Wars die on the vine on Disney+, Lucasfilm desperately needs to get this franchise back in theaters. Christ, they’re slapping Baby Yoda on the big screen as fast as they can. They need this.