Ryan Gosling Starring in ‘The Fall Guy’ for director David Leitch
They’ll adapt the ‘80s TV series about bounty hunting stunt folk.
Ryan Gosling in 'The Gray Man.' Photo: Paul Abell/Netflix © 2022. © 2022 Netflix, Inc.
Given that he’s already played a stuntman twice before on screen – in 2011’s ‘Ryan Gosling would want to skip future movies about those who fling themselves into cinematic danger.
Yet he’s ready to do it again, with Lee Majors using his film set skills to fight crime.
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The original show, which was created by prolific TV producer Knight Rider’), ran between 1981 and 1986, and starred Majors as Colt Seavers.
When his movie work starts to dry up Seavers pivots to become a bounty hunter, using all the know-how he’s acquired to craft film action to track down and defeat swindlers, thieves, bikers, conmen, fugitives, and corrupt officials. It’s essentially Larson taking his basic show concept and giving it another new twist.
Majors starred alongside Heather Thomas as Colt’s colleagues Howie Munson and Jody Banks, who helped him out on his missions. Though the show was often a giant slab of ‘80s cheese TV, the concept clearly has legs.
(L to R) Heather Thomas and Lee Majors in 'The Fall Guy.' Photo courtesy of IMDB.
Word about Gosling and Leitch teaming up first broke back in 2020, though the movie was then simply listed as ‘untitled stuntman action drama’.
We still don’t know all that much about how the new movie will channel the show. When Leitch and Gosling were first attached to the film, there was mention of Leitch’s ‘Hotel Artemis’) tackling the screenplay, but Variety’s story doesn’t mention him.
‘The Fall Guy’ is all coming together partly because the Australian government is offering $45 million in incentives to have the movie shoot in Sydney.
Leitch has ‘Netflix on July 22nd.
He’s also been busy filming ‘Margot Robbie and will be out on March 21st next year.
