'Oppenheimer' star Emily Blunt to star alongside Ryan Gosling in The Fall Guy adaptation

British actress Emily Blunt is set to star alongside Ryan Gosling in the film adaptation of The Fall Guy. As reported by Deadline, David Leitch of John Wick and Deadpool 2 fame will be helming the project with Gosling and Blunt teaming up for the first time in their acting careers.

The Fall Guy is scheduled to release on March 1, 2024.

The film is said to be inspired by the hit 1980s show of the same name which followed Lee Majors' macha stuntman Colt Stevens who moonlights as a bounty hunter with the help of his cousin Howie and beautiful stunt colleague Jody. The plot of the upcoming feature film, however, is kept under the wraps.

The Fall Guy, the film, has been scripted by Drew Pearce who is known for penning the screenplay of Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (also directed by David Leitch). Pearce will be serving as one of the film's executive producers.

The same film will be a new addition to the growing list of action vehicles that Ryan Gosling has been part of in recent times. The Canadian actor who first rose to fame with the 2005 film The Notebook, and later through his roles in independent dramas such as Half Nelson, Lars and The Real Girl, and others, displayed his action hero chops for the first time in Nicolas Winding Refn's 2011 film Drive. Gosling would also star in the recent Blade Runner sequel titled Blade Runner 2049 (directed by Denis Villeneuve) and the very recent Netflix release The Gray Man, directed by The Russo Brothers and co-starring Chris Evans, Dhanush, and others.

Emily Blunt, on the other hand, is still remembered for her superb display in the 2014 film The Edge of Tomorrow (alongside Tom Cruise) and later in The Quiet Place franchise. She will be next seen in Christoper Nolan’s much-anticipated biographical drama Oppenheimer (on the life of theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer) alongside Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr., and Matt Damon.