They tried for a Hail Mary, but it looks likeRyan Goslingwill not star in the Daniels' next film.
The leading man in the No. 1 film in the country,Project Hail Mary, was set to appear in the big follow-up to directing duo Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert's Oscar-winning breakthrough,Everything Everywhere All at Once, perDeadline Hollywood. But he has had to drop out for scheduling reasons,Entertainment Weeklycan confirm.
The untitled event film was ready to shoot in Los Angeles this summer, amid aworrying declinein productions rooted in the heart of Hollywood. But after getting a multimillion-dollar tax credit from the state of California undernewly expanded guidelines, the production was unable to change its shoot dates, and Gosling's schedule was unable to accommodate.
Little is known about the Daniels' follow-up to the bonkers family dramedy that became the golden child of the 2023 Oscars. The film picked up awards for Best Picture, Best Directing, Best Actress for Michelle Yeoh, both Best Supporting for Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis, and more.
But Gosling certainly would have lent it star power that translates into serious commercial appeal. In just two weeks,Project Hail Mary, the space odyssey helmed bySpider-Verseproducers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, became thehighest grossing film of 2026so far.
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What is known about the Daniels' next film is that Kwan and Scheinert are on board to produce as well as direct through their Playgrounds production banner. Playgrounds exec Jonathan Wang, who producedEEAAO, the duo's 2016 farceSwiss Army Man, as well as Schienert's solo effortThe Death of Dick Longwill produce alongside the Daniels for Universal.
Playgrounds' most recent project isThe AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist. Directed by Daniel Roher and Charlie Tyrell and produced by Kwan and Wang, the film released on March 27.
It's no wonder Gosling ran into scheduling issues when attempting to board the Daniels' next big picture.
The Canadian A-lister is set tostar in the crime comedyTough Guysalongside Will Ferrell, marking aBarbiereunion. He's also attached to star inStar Wars: Starfighter, a career-first foray intofranchise tentpole filmmaking.
"It was [director Shawn Levy's] enthusiasm and his vision and the script," Gosling explained about hisStar Warsdecision in February. Also cloaked in secrecy,Starfighterhas been described as a "standalone" project set in a "period of time that we haven't seen explored yet" within theStar Warsuniverse.
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