Ryan Gosling plays Colt Seavers in The Fall Guy.
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Fall Guy crash-lands a little later than expected.
The action film starring Ryan Gosling was originally scheduled to hit theaters on March 1, 2024 and will instead hit theaters on May 3, 2024, the date originally slated for Deadpool 3 before moving to July 26 2024 was postponed.
The new date makes the Universal film, which also stars Emily Blunt, the first feature film at the summer box office to now look lighter than normal due to the actors’ strike. Ryan Reynolds’ threequel isn’t the only major film to have its date pushed back. Captain America: New World Order left 2024 entirely and will release in February 2025 instead.
“The Fall Guy” follows Gosling’s Colt Seavers, a stuntman who left the business for his mental and physical health, only to be drawn back into it as the star of a studio film directed by his ex Jody (Blunt). has disappeared and she asks for his help.
“He’s a stuntman, and like everyone in the stunt community, he gets blown up, shot, smashed, thrown through windows and dropped from heights, all for our entertainment,” reads a description. “And now, fresh from a career-ending accident, this working-class hero must track down a missing movie star, solve a conspiracy and try to win back the love of his life while still doing his job. What could possibly go right?”
Hannah Waddingham, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Winston Duke and Stephanie Hsu round out the cast of the film, which was inspired by the 1980s television series of the same name starring Lee Majors. It was directed by former stuntman David Leitch from a script by Drew Pearce.
Gosling, Blunt and Leitch presented The Fall Guy during Universal’s presentation on the CinemaCon stage in April, where they talked about their upcoming project and what it means.
“In most films, the actors get all the credit, but the stunt performers do all the work, and that ends today,” the Barbie actor said, later adding, “It was a great honor to follow in the icon’s footsteps “Lee Majors.”