Ryan Gosling Provides Followers A First Look At His ‘Star Wars’ Film

The “Barbie” actor has been a fan of the Lucasfilm franchise for fairly some time, revealing that he even slept in “Star Wars” sheets whereas rising up.

Plainly Gosling was wanting to heat as much as followers at Star Wars Celebration, hosted this 12 months in Japan. He graced the stage sporting a hat sporting the notorious Han Solo quote, “By no means inform me the chances.” Whereas selling the brand new movie, he shared a photograph of his childhood bedsheets, which was despatched in by his mom.

“She nonetheless has them, clearly,” Gosling informed the enthusiastic crowd. “Naturally, she thought that it may be one thing that the followers would recognize, however I think that she simply kind of desires to justify years of hoarding.”

“As you possibly can see from the image, I suppose I used to be in all probability dreaming about Star Wars earlier than I even noticed the movie,” he continued, almost definitely referring to the “The Empire Strikes Again” brand written on the sheets. “And it’s in all probability framed my thought of what a film even was.”

Director Shawn Levy has been engaged on this film for round two years, however “Star Wars” followers have been skeptical whether or not it could ever come to fruition. On the final Star Wars Celebration occasion, Lucasfilm boss Kathleen Kennedy teased three movies: one reprising Daisy Ridley’s Rey, a James Mangold function concerning the historical past of the Pressure, and one bringing The Mandalorian and Grogu to the large display screen. Of these movies, solely the final one has made any actual progress and can hit theaters in Could 2026.

Gosling’s movie shall be referred to as “Star Wars: Starfighter” and can debut in theaters on Could 28, 2027 – nearly one 12 months after “The Mandalorian & Grogu.” Curiously sufficient, that is solely three weeks after “Avengers: Secret Wars” debuts on Could 7, 2027.

Presently, it’s unknown if “Starfighter” has any connection to the 2001 recreation with the identical identify. The movie will begin manufacturing this fall and happen round 5 years after 2019’s “The Rise of Skywalker,” which marks the final time a “Star Wars” movie has hit theaters.

Though the plot particulars are nonetheless below wraps, Gosling has nothing however constructive issues to say about his new film.

“The fact is that this script is simply so good. It has such an important story with nice and unique characters,” the actor mentioned. “It’s crammed with a lot coronary heart and journey, and there simply actually isn’t a extra excellent filmmaker for this explicit story than Shawn.”

Levy additionally made feedback from the stage, reassuring followers that this movie had nothing to do with the nine-episode Skywalker Saga and the story of Luke Skywalker.

“This can be a stand-alone. It’s not a prequel, not a sequel. It’s a brand new journey. It’s set in a time period that we haven’t seen explored but,” Levy mentioned.

Earlier than Ryan Gosling’s function was introduced, Star Wars Celebration opened on April 18 with a take a look at the Mandalorian film, based mostly on the Disney+ collection “The Mandalorian.” The footage proven solely to Celebration audiences featured new characters performed by Hollywood heavyweights Sigourney Weaver and Jeremy Allen White.

Each Pedro Pascal, who performs the titular Mandalorian, and Sigourney Weaver obtained standing ovations once they walked out onto the stage to introduce the movie. Additionally becoming a member of them have been director Jon Favreau and co-writer Dave Filoni.