{"id":547106,"date":"2026-03-26T20:59:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T20:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/547106\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T20:59:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T20:59:09","slug":"ryan-gosling-to-star-in-daniels-sci-fi-film-for-universal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/547106\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Gosling to Star in Daniels\u2019 Sci-Fi Film for Universal"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tFilmmaking duo Daniels have found a star for their next sci-fi action comedy: Ryan Gosling<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Oscar-winning filmmaking team behind Everything Everywhere All at Once<\/a> has cast Gosling to lead the untitled event film for Universal Pictures<\/a>, which is gearing up for a summer start. The film already has a release date of Nov. 19, 2027, and falls under an overall deal with the studio for their Playgrounds banner with their longtime producing partner Jonathan Wang<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tIt\u2019s the first piece of news for the project in some time. The film marks the duo\u2019s follow-up to the pop culture phenomenon that was Everything Everywhere All at Once, which won seven Academy Awards including best picture, best director and best original screenplay for Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. It also was a box office juggernaut, earning $143 million on a $25 million budget. Speaking of box office, Gosling\u2019s casting comes as he\u2019s riding high off the red hot debut of Project Hail Mary for Amazon MGM Studios, which opened at No. 1 at the global box office last weekend, potentially launching a new franchise<\/a> for him and the studio.<\/p>\n

\n\tPer Universal, plot details remain under wraps for Daniels\u2019 new film, though in an interview with Collider at SXSW, Kwan revealed some broad strokes about it by calling it a \u201cfun sci-fi, action comedy with a big heart. Very existential. All those things that you would hope that one of our movies would be.\u201d He added that the film will also meet the moment of a \u201ccomplex\u201d world. \u201cOne of the reasons why it\u2019s taking so long is because what we\u2019re feeling and what we\u2019re hearing from the world is very complex and really nuanced, and there\u2019s so much paradox. To kind of reconcile all those things and put them into one movie, it takes time,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe film will also feature an ensemble made up of younger talent, with one source indicating it could be be in the zone of high school ages. Kwan, Scheinert and Wang are producing through their Playgrounds banner. Universal\u2019s executive vp of production development Sara Scott and director of production development Jacqueline Garell are overseeing the project for the studio.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe news also comes as Universal\u2019s Focus Features is readying to release The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist, which Kwan and Wang produced for the filmmaking team of Daniel Roher and Charlie Tyrell. The well-reviewed film hits theaters tomorrow on March 27. <\/p>\n

\n\tGosling is repped by CAA and Sloane Offer. Daniels are represented by Mosaic and Yorn Levine.<\/p>\n

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