Comments on: End Of The Bromance? Ryan Gosling Off Nicolas Winding Refn’s ‘Logan’s Run’

By: Eugene

Eugene — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:18:50 +0000

Only God Forgives will be the best movie ever.

By: JD

JD — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:18:50 +0000

It more than likely comes down to Gosling's Directorial debut which throws a spanner in the works for Warner's planned 2014 release but there are other factors to be considered, WB are actively looking to build talent relationships with the recent breakout stars and are attempting to build a strong rapport with Tom Hardy and to a lesser extent Joseph Gordon-Levitt as they look to add and/or replace studio favourites Leonardo DiCaprio and Clint Eastwood (not to mention plug the gap left by Clooney who left to Sony). Gosling looked to be another man they were seriously running the rule over (after being considered for JGL's role in TDKR and being cast in Crazy Stupid Love and Gangster Squad). Gosling's only problem is that he's yet to star in a film that's made a 100 million domestically (although both The Notebook and CSL came close) a potential franchise would definitley be the right way to cement his status as the best emerging leading man of the moment (despite his strong indie record) but his directorial debut combined with WB's desire to push the project forward and the fact that the script changes the premise to everyone dies at 21 has WB scrambling to find a younger actor to take the part.

By: Joey

Joey — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:18:50 +0000

So WB wants to do Logans Run as a big studio movie with Refn, a director Gosling wanted and picked for Drive, the movie he had a huge critical success with one year ago, and Gosling is now the one who doesn't want to do it? This finally could give him a huge push in terms of not being just an Indie sensation but in the studio production Hollywood game. I have a hard time believing Gosling is the one who bailed out.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:18:50 +0000

I think Gosling is a bigger name than you are giving him credit. The Notebook was huge and Crazy Sexy Love was too. He seems like one of the few guys that can bounce back and forth between indie and Studio films.

By: hank

hank — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:18:50 +0000

here's hoping it is, at the least, the end of your using the word "bromance"

By: Anon

Anon — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:18:50 +0000

Ryan Gosling is a star. He just doesn't do huge movies aka play a superhero in a blockbuster franchise, though he's gotten the offers. If he is out then Refn is probably out too or there's something else from Warner Brothers Gosling wants to do.

By: Rohan

Rohan — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:18:50 +0000

I am pretty sure that it is because of Ryan's directorial debut. Not because Ryan isn't a star yet. He's a huge star and a damn good actor. Refn and Ryan are still friends.

By: dudeabides

dudeabides — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:18:50 +0000

apparently it because Ryan wants to focus on his directorial debut which he's going to shoot next year. He's even been the cameraman for some of the Malick film, check out the shoots in Austin.

By: I seriously hope you guys ross douthat

I seriously hope you guys ross douthat — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:18:50 +0000

"This much is certain […] The news comes from a tweet by Variety's Justin Kroll, without any other context,"

Cast-iron certainty!

RyGos may not be the biggest star, but the lead in this will have to pass for an under-30, which narrows the field. Jake Gyllenhaal? Andre Garfield? James Franco? C-Tates? Gosling's for sure a bigger name than that dude who was in 'John Carter', anyway. And remember that Robert Downey Jr was only a household name for all the wrong reasons when he did 'Iron Man'.

By: AS

AS — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:18:50 +0000

I'd be surprised if Refn ended up directing this.

By: James

James — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:18:50 +0000

I'd say Gosling is one of the few actors studios would want in this sort of project. The guy's a star, pure and simple. The second option is much more likely. Or option 3 – it's a sh*t idea and he's just worked that out.