David Leitch
David Leitch in Talks to Direct New ‘Jurassic World’ Movie
Filmmaker David Leitch is in talks to direct the next installment in the Jurassic World franchise, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Universal Pictures announced Monday that it plans to release the dinosaur-focused film on July 2, 2025. THR broke the news last month that David Koepp, who penned Steven Spielberg’s original 1993 blockbuster Jurassic Park […]
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‘The Fall Guy’ Pushes Release Date to May 2024
The Fall Guy is crash-landing a little later than expected. The action film, starring Ryan Gosling, was originally set to hit theaters March 1, 2024 and will instead be released May 3, 2024, the date originally held by Deadpool 3 before it moved to July 26, 2024. The new date makes the Universal film, which […]
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Ryan Gosling Is Bruised and Beaten in ‘Fall Guy’ Trailer
As Hannah Waddingham’s character remarks in the trailer for The Fall Guy, a stuntman’s job is for no one to notice them. Unfortunately for the stuntman Ryan Gosling plays in the film, he starts getting noticed in all the wrong ways. The first trailer for The Fall Guy follows Gosling showing up to set to […]
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Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt and David Leitch Tease ‘Fall Guy’ at CinemaCon With Stunt Spectacle
After Vin Diesel had left the stage and introduced high-octane Fast X footage, a voiceover asked CinemaCon attendees to remain patient for a special surprise as professionals prepped the stage. The big screen then flashed EightySeven North Productions (the banner officially goes by 87North), while a team of stunt professionals stormed the stage to show […]
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Ryan Gosling Unveils Action-Comedy Short Film to Celebrate Tag Heuer Carrera’s 60th in London
Do watches have birthday parties? Luxury Swiss brand Tag Heuer seems to think it should, especially for its iconic motoring-inspired Carrera model, which celebrated its 60th with a glitzy cinema-focused event in central London on Thursday night. Longtime Tag Heuer ambassadors Patrick Dempsey and Ryan Gosling were arguably the highest-profile attendees, both brought onstage by […]
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Universal Picks Up Marc Guggenheim Graphic Novel ‘Too Dead To Die’
Universal has nabbed Too Dead to Die, a graphic novel from Arrow-verse scribe Marc Guggenheim and artist Howard Chaykin, a comics veteran thanks to decades worth of work at Marvel and DC. Guggenheim will write the screenplay and executive produce, with prolific action producers Kelly McCormick, David Leitch and Guy Danella are producing via 87North. The production company, most […]
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‘Violent Night’ Director Tommy Wirkola Explains How ‘Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters’ Paved the Way for His Second Studio Movie
[This story contains spoilers for Violent Night.] Violent Night director Tommy Wirkola is enjoying his second bite of the studio apple. In 2013, the Norwegian director made his major studio debut with the Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton-led Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, which went on to gross $226 million on a $50-million budget. But […]
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They Got Paid What? Channing Tatum, David Leitch, Simon Kinberg Score Huge Deals With Amazon for Spy Thriller ‘Red Shirt’ (Exclusive)
Upcoming recession? Pshaw. Streaming wars over? Double pshaw. With its high priced acquisition of spy package Red Shirt, a spy thriller package with the bold-faced names of Channing Tatum, David Leitch and Simon Kinberg, Amazon has shown it is willing to pay big bucks in an era when streaming giants and major studios are rethinking […]
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Hannah Waddingham Joins Ryan Gosling in ‘The Fall Guy’ (Exclusive)
Hannah Waddingham, who broke out as the tough-as-nails but complicated football club owner on Ted Lasso, has joined the high-flying cast of Ryan Gosling’s adventure feature, The Fall Guy. The actress joins Emily Blunt, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Stephanie Hsu and Winston Duke on the call sheet for the Universal movie, which is inspired by the 1980s […]
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T.J. Miller Says He Won’t Work With Ryan Reynolds Again After Awkward On-Set ‘Deadpool’ Moment
T.J. Miller is making it clear that Marvel fans won’t need to look for him in the upcoming Deadpool 3. The actor, who played the title character’s close friend Weasel in the wildly popular 2016 original film and its 2018 sequel, was a recent guest on the Adam Corolla Show podcast. During the interview, Miller […]
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Emily Blunt Joins Ryan Gosling in Universal’s ‘The Fall Guy’
Emily Blunt has joined actor Ryan Gosling and director David Leitch in the stuntman action drama The Fall Guy for Universal. The forthcoming movie is inspired by the classic 1980s series of the same name. Fall Guy was created by Glen A. Larson, the prolific TV producer whose output ranged from Battlestar Galactica to Magnum P.I, […]
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How ‘Bullet Train’ Director David Leitch Went From Brad Pitt’s Stuntman to Brad Pitt’s Director
David Leitch first worked with Brad Pitt in the late ’90s when he doubled for him on the set of David Fincher’s Fight Club. The experience went so well that Pitt soon recommended him for the same role on Gore Verbinski’s The Mexican, but within a day, Leitch totaled two El Caminos during a driving […]
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