“Star Wars” Sensation: Ryan Gosling in Talks to Join Director Shawn Levy in a Galaxy Far, Far Away
If you want your Star Wars movie to go into production faster than the Millennium Falcon making the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs, casting Ryan Gosling would probably be the way to go.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Gosling is very much in play for Deadpool & Wolverine director Shawn Levy’s upcoming Star Wars film. While most firm details about upcoming Star Wars films are kept frozen in carbonite and locked deep within the lava mines of Mustafar, THR has the scoop. While Levy’s been working on his Star Wars project since 2022, he’s also very busy with other projects, including a boy band movie at Paramount that would have reunited him with Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman. Then Gosling’s interest in his Star Wars project changed the cinematic galaxy. Levy’s mysterious Star Wars movie would have massive momentum if a deal with Gosling was struck.
Levy has been developing the project alongside writer Jonathan Tropper, a longtime collaborator who worked with Levy on films like This is Where I Leave You and The Adam Project. Tropper has been working on the Star Wars script for a year, yet there’s no word on where along the long galactic timeline the film would be set, whether it’s about Jedis, Sith, or neither of the above. What is known is that it will not be connected to the Skywalker Saga, the nine-film epic that began with George Lucas’s 1977 Star Wars IV: A New Hope and concluded with J.J. Abrams’ 2019 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.
Another known detail about Levy’s movie is that it would be a standalone feature. Gosling’s involvement would certainly make it one of the most marquee upcoming Star Wars films, which includes The Mandalorian & Grogu from director Jon Favreau, which stems directly from Favreau’s The Mandalorian Disney+ series and will be the first new Star Wars film in years when it bows on May 22, 2026.
Gosling has been in his fair share of mega-blockbusters, of course—this is Ken we’re talking about—but he’s never been in a franchise film like this. One has to believe that the Force would approve of Gosling’s first marquee franchise being set in a galaxy far, far away.
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Featured image: BERLIN, GERMANY – APRIL 19: Ryan Gosling attends the Berlin premiere of “The Fall Guy” at UCI Luxe Mercedes Platz on April 19, 2024 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Gerald Matzka/Getty Images)
