ActorAaron Taylor-Johnsonhas joinedRyan Goslingin Universal’s big-screen take on the 1980s adventure television series,The Fall Guy,The Hollywood Reporterhas revealed. The movie also starsEmily Bluntand will be helmed byJohn WickandBullet TraindirectorDavid Leitch. The original TV series created byGlen A. Larson, which ran between 1981 and 1986, followed Hollywood stuntman and bounty hunter Colt Seavers, who uses his rough-and-tumble skills to track and capture bail jumpers with some help. However, in the new film, takes away the bounty hunter part and will see Gosling as a past-his-time stuntman who finds himself back in a movie with the star he worked with a long time ago and is the one who replaced him. However, things take a turn when the star goes missing.
Taylor-Johnson will play the star who goes missing. Blunt has been cast as a prosthetic make-up artist who shares a romantic past with Gosling’s stuntman. The feature is written by British screenwriter and directorDrew Pearcewho has features likeHotel Artemis,Iron Man 3,All Hail The Kingto his credit. Gosling is riding high on the success of the Russo brothers' action thrillerThe Gray Man. While Blunt has done action-heavy roles in features likeEdge of TomorrowandA Quiet Place.
Johnson-Taylor is collaborating with Leitch again after recently appearing inBullet Trainalongside Brad Pitt, Joey King Prince and more. His recent credits include appearances inChristopher Nolan’sTenetandMatthew Vaughn’sThe King’s Man. After appearing as MCU’s Quicksilver inAvengers: Age of Ultronhe’s also gearing up for his next superhero projectKraven the Hunter, Sony’s take on the classic Spider-Man villain which will hit theaters in 2023. His other credits includeJohn Lennon’s biopicNowhere BoyandTom Ford’s thrillerNocturnal Animalsfor which he bagged the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor and a BAFTA Award nomination in the Best Actor in a Supporting Role category. With a talented cast and crew behind the feature,The Fall Guywould be one movie to watch out for.
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The movie is being produced byKelly McCormickand Leitch via their 87North shingle. Gosling is also producing, along with Entertainment 360’sGuymon Casady. Universal’s Executive vice president of productionMatt Reillyand director of developmentTony Ducretare overseeing the project.
The Fall Guywill premiere in theaters on July 02, 2025, worldwide. Stay tuned to this space for further updates on the project. you’re able to check out our conversation with Taylor-Johnson,Brad Pitt, andBrian Tyree HenryaboutBullet Trainbelow:
