Ryan Gosling is in talks to lead new ‘Star Wars’ film

Los Angeles: Hollywood star Ryan Gosling is in negotiations to headline a new ‘Star Wars’ movie for Disney-owned ‘Lucasfilm’. Shawn Levy, the director of the 2024 blockbuster ‘Marvel’ movie ‘Deadpool and Wolverine’, will helm the project, which he has been developing since 2022, according to entertainment news outlet ‘Variety’.

Jonathan Tropper, known for his collaborations with Levy on ‘This Is Where I Leave You’ and ‘The Adam Project’, is working on the script.

If the project is finalised, Levy will also produce the film under his ‘21 Laps’ banner, alongside ‘Star Wars’ veterans Kathleen Kennedy and ‘Lucasfilm’. Though the plot details have been kept under wraps, the movie is said to be a standalone project and isn’t connected with the ‘Skywalker Saga’, which concluded with 2019’s ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’.

Post ‘The Rise of Skywalker’, the ‘Star Wars’ universe saw the release of its first series ‘The Mandalorian’, followed by shows like ‘The Book of Boba Fett’, ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’, ‘Andor’ and ‘Ahsoka’.

Levy’s film will follow ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’, the first ‘Star Wars’ movie to receive a greenlight in over five years. Having recently completed principal photography, the Jon Favreau-directed movie is set to premiere in the US on May 22, 2026.

Lucasfilms’ film slate also includes movies from filmmakers Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, James Mangold and Dave Filoni.