(Left) Ryan Gosling on the Oscar Nominee Luncheon held within the Worldwide Ballroom on the Beverly Hilton on Monday, February 12, 2024. The 96th Oscars will air on Sunday, March 10, 2024 reside on ABC. Credit score/Supplier: Mike Baker / ©A.M.P.A.S. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S. (Proper) Will Ferrell attends the Academy’s 2019 Annual Governors Awards in The Ray Dolby Ballroom on Sunday, October 27, 2019, in Hollywood, CA. Credit score/Supplier: Troy Harvey / ©A.M.P.A.S. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
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- Ryan Gosling and Will Ferrell will star in ‘Powerful Guys.’
- They’ll play henchmen who need to change their lives.
- Amazon MGM Studios is backing the film.
Ryan Gosling and Will Ferrell clearly like starring in motion pictures that characteristic the phrase ‘Guys’ within the title. Gosling was co-lead on ‘The Good Guys’, Ferrell was a part of ‘The Different Guys’ and now the duo is seeking to workforce up on ‘The Powerful Guys’.
The actors, who beforehand shared the display screen in Greta Gerwig’s blockbuster smash ‘Barbie’ (Gosling as Ken, with Ferrell enjoying the blustery boss of Mattel), are set to reunite for the brand new motion comedy from Amazon MGM Studios.
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What’s the story of ‘The Powerful Guys’?
‘Star Wars: Starfighter’s Ryan Gosling at Star Wars Celebration 2025. Photograph: Lucasfilm.
The film originated as a spec script by ‘Workin’ Mothers’ veteran author Daniel Gold.
‘The Powerful Guys’ story reportedly follows two henchmen who’re bored with being disposable and break away from the prison underworld, rewriting the principles as they construct a brand new life on their very own phrases.
It looks like a blast from the previous for Ferrell specifically, who famously performed mistreated henchman Mustafa in ‘Austin Powers: Worldwide Man of Thriller’ (all collectively now: “you shot me!!”)
Deadline mentions that there is no such thing as a filmmaker hooked up to the film but, however given the star energy , you realize Amazon MGM will need to get this one shifting.
The place else can we see Ryan Gosling and Will Ferrell?
Ryan Gosling in ‘Challenge Hail Mary’. Photograph: Amazon MGM Studios.
Ferrell is coming off the success of one other Amazon MGM film, marriage ceremony conflict comedy ‘You’re Cordially Invited’. And he just lately labored with the corporate once more on ‘Judgment Day’, starring reverse Zac Efron within the story of a newly launched prisoner (Efron) who takes over a TV courtroom, holding hostages whereas confronting the egotistical decide (Ferrell) whose earlier verdict he believes destroyed his life.
He additionally has quite a lot of initiatives in growth.
As for Gosling, he’ll subsequent be seen in Amazon MGM’s sci-fi pic ‘Challenge Hail Mary’ and is sticking with outer house for the lead function in Shawn Levy’s ‘Star Wars: Starfighter’, which ought to have its cameras rolling later this yr.
When will ‘The Powerful Guys’ be on our screens?
With no director aboard but, and even with the brand new star energy, this might find yourself ready some time –– particularly given the actors’ busy schedule.
(L to R) Kristen Wiig and Will Ferrell on the 81st Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing reside from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 7, 2024, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Photograph: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2024 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.