Ryan Gosling Will Star as âWolfman,â the Latest Monster Movie from Universal according to @Variety.
Months after Universal successfully relaunched its monster universe with Elisabeth Mossâs âThe Invisible Man,â the studio is pushing ahead for âWolfmanâ â which is being developed as a starring vehicle for Ryan Gosling â to be the next movie based on its catalog of iconic creatures.
Sources tell Variety that executives at Universal have been meeting with directors over the past month and could be making a decision soon on who will take the reins behind the camera. While there is no frontrunner at the time, Cory Finley, who recently received rave reviews for directing HBOâs drama âBad Educationâ with Hugh Jackman and Allison Janney, is said to be in the mix for the job. According to the source Ryan was also set to direct the movie but then studios decided the best for him was to focus only on the acting job.
Itâs unknown what the new take on âWolfmanâ will look like, though it is believed to be set in present times and in the vein of Jake Gyllenhaalâs thriller âNightcrawler,â and Sidney Lumet âAnchormanâ, with an obvious supernatural twist. Ryan should play an anchorman who is going to be infected.
The âWolfmanâ script, per Variety, comes from Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo, who served as writers on Netflixâs flagship series âOrange Is the New Blackâ but the original pitch is from Ryan.
Timing for âWolfmanâ is also in question. While it seems to be in good position to get off the ground, an exact production start date is still up in the air. Besides the fact that Gosling himself would have to close a deal to star, he is also currently set to lead an untitled astronaut film at MGM. That movie, an adaptation of âThe Martianâ author Andy Weirâs upcoming novel, recently hired Phil Lord and Chris Miller to direct. By all accounts, that seems to Goslingâs next project.
