Are some films just too big to fail? That could be the case with Netflix’s “The Gray Man.” While the Russo Brothers’ film has an unfavorable 48% score on Rotten Tomatoes, the action thriller is currently #1 on Netflix, and clearly, the streaming service and the Russo’s AGBO films empire are more than happy with how the film performed with audiences. Because today, the company announced much more ‘Gray Man’ is on the way.

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Now that “The Gray Man” has hit Netflix, what’s next for Anthony & Joe Russo? Well, their epic sci-fi series “Citadel” wrapped production last month, but no word yet on when the show hits Amazon Prime. And then there’s their other upcoming Netflix project “The Electric State” with Millie Bobbie Brown, potentially heading into production this Fall.

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The debate within Hollywood about what the future of the film industry will look like has been covered quite a bit already. Is the theatrical release model dead? Are streamers the future? Will traditional studios need to change their traditional approach moving forward? The pandemic has already advanced those discussions quite a bit with studios shortening the theatrical release window and streaming services releasing more and more content worldwide. And according to the Russo Brothers, this is all part of a paradigm shift, and the more filmmakers and the industry fights it, the more it’s going to be challenging. 

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The Russo Bros. have done alright for themselves in their post-MCU careers, thanks to their relationship with streaming services. While the Tom Holland vehicle “Cherry” made barely any ripples on AppleTV+ last year, their Amazon Prime show “Citadel” has a lot of hype. And their partnership with Netflix has been solid as well.

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Ryan Gosling finally gets his own superhero-y film in the Russo brothers’ big-budget Netflix actioner, “The Gray Man,” but it can’t seem to serve his strengths or itself. Gosling is, at heart, an uber-charming, good-looking, quirky rascal who can really act, and “The Gray Man” tries to square peg him into the virtuous strong, silent type who can’t help but sneak a few quips in.

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With “The Gray Man” on the way later this month and Andrew Dominik‘s “Blonde” out in September, it’s a big year for Ana de Armas on Netflix. But the actress’s star has been rising for some time now. She arguably broke out in Hollywood back in Eli Roth‘s 2015 house-invasion film “Knock Knock,” but her role as Joie in 2017’s “Blade Runner 2049” solidified her stardom.

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Aside from films such as the massively popular “Top Gun: Maverick,” this summer has seemed relatively quiet on the blockbuster front. While films such as “Lightyear” and “Jurassic World Dominion” have failed to successfully stick the landing (be it critically or commercially), there’s been plenty to seek out in smaller, independent scenes. This remains largely true for July, where, despite films such as “Thor: Love and Thunder,” there are still plenty of more character-driven films worthy of seeking out — though “Nope” will likely make the argument for both being true for the same film.  

There’s a strong showing for female directors this month, from those making their debuts like Emma Holly Jones for the period-set romance “Mr.

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Love them or hate them for their pervasive success with Marvel, the Russo Brothers know how to make interesting alchemy with actors and also understand how to subvert your expectations. Take their new CIA assassin thriller, “The Gray Man,” a movie where they take the uber-charming Ryan Gosling and turn him into a taciturn hitman, and cast the normally-heroic Chris Evans and turn him into an unhinged psychopath because that’s precisely the kind of script-flipping they love.

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There’s really no roadmap for filmmakers after they gross over $2 billion, let alone one for those who gross that sum two years in a row. James Cameron opted for the “Avatar” ad infinitum approach, with biennial instalments scheduled to run for the next decade (“Avatar 2” premieres in December this year; “Avatar 5” comes out December 2028), but the reigning champs of Blockbuster, Joe and Anthony Russo, took a different tack.

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While some of Netflix‘s original blockbusters are hit-and-miss, the streaming service is banking on The Russo Brothers delivering them a huge franchise-starter. After giving Marvel Studios their biggest box office earners with “Avengers: Infinity War” and “Avengers: Endgame,” racking up a combined $4.8 billion globally, the Russos had enough clout and financial interest to start their own studio AGBO and Netflix has been one of their key distribution partners (see the “Extraction” franchise).

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The Russo Brothers gave us two of the biggest Marvel outings to date with “Avengers: Infinity War” and “Avengers: Endgame,” and Netflix is betting that the sibling duo is going to give them their own massive blockbuster with “The Gray Man.” Touting a budget of $200 million-plus, the action-focused spy movie boasts a fantastic cast that consists of Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, and British heartthrob Regé-Jean Page from “Bridgerton.”

Entertainment Weekly has posted new first-look stills (see below) from the ambitious action flick giving us looks at the cast in character.

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Every year, Netflix releases a preview teaser of its film slate. And it seems that every year, it gets more and more ridiculous. The 2022 teaser is nothing short of ludicrous when you take into account just what the streaming service is putting on screens in one calendar year. 

In the teaser, we get first looks at films with the stars of those features talking directly to the camera to promote.

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Putting together the 100 Most Anticipated Films list is a beast in any year. Still, in the new accelerated age of streaming with HBO Max, Apple TV+, Amazon, Netflix, and all the new players popping up every single day, it seems, the task becomes more and more daunting and nearly impossible (we could have easily gone to 200 this year).

So we’re post-COVID, but oops, not-yet post-COVID, but somehow movies have survived, even if the theatrical market becomes a more challenging and riskier gambit.

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Plenty of fans and industry folks brushed off Scarlett Johansson‘s lawsuit concerning “Black Widow” pivoting from theatrical release to a hybrid model as something that could be resolved privately. But with Johansson’s legal team publicly coming out against arbitration and the lawsuit seemingly moving forward, the first bit of fallout at Marvel Studios has arrived, and it involves the Russo Brothers.

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The Russo Brothers recently stopped by The Lights Camera Barstool podcast to promote their upcoming Tom Holland-starring crime flick “Cherry” due for an AppleTV+ release on February 26. And of course, that means questions about Marvel (that take up more of the interview than the actual subject on hand, but hey, who’s counting minutes?)

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Asked to maybe pick or describe a moment or sequence that they wanted to include in “Avengers: Endgame,” but weren’t able to include it, the brothers played a little bit coy and didn’t want to get too specific.

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The Russo Brothers haven’t stopped to take a breath after their massive success from “Avengers: Endgame” toppling “Avatar“‘s box office record, they moved directly into making the Tom Holland thriller “Cherry” and are about to begin shooting their $200 million-plus budgeted spy film “The Gray Man” for Netflix with a stellar cast that includes Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jessica Henwick, Wagner Moura, and others. 

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Ana de Armas was having a moment last year, when she really broke out in a big way thanks to her incredible performance in “Knives Out.” But at what point do we stop calling it a “moment” and call it what it really is—an ascension. Not only has de Armas turned her role in “Knives Out” into a career turning point, but she keeps adding more and more major blockbusters to her schedule, including the upcoming film, “The Gray Man.”

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According to Deadline, Ana de Armas is set to co-star opposite Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans in the massive, $200 million Netflix blockbuster “The Gray Man.” The film is directed by The Russo Brothers, of Marvel Studios fame, and seems to be the first in what is a hopeful major franchise for Gosling in the lead.

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Even though the Russo Brothers followed up “Captain America: Winter Soldier” with films that broke records and were much larger in scale, particularly with “Avengers: Infinity War” and “Avengers: Endgame,” fans often cite ‘Winter Soldier’ as the best of the bunch. And those people will be psyched to learn about the Russo Brothers’ next feature, “The Gray Man.”

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According to Deadline, Netflix is teaming up with the Russo Brothers to create “The Gray Man,” starring none other than Captain America himself, Chris Evans, and some new guy named *checks notes* Ryan Gosling.

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Examining Hollywood's Gender Swap Trend And Where It Needs To Go Next

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Charlize Theron Takes On Former Brad Pitt Role In Assassin Thriller ‘The Gray Man’

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'The Winter Soldier' Directors To Helm Former James Gray Project 'The Gray Man'

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James Gray On 'The Immigrant,' 'The Gray Man,' 'The Lost City Of Z' And More

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Brad Pitt No Longer Attached To James Gray's Thriller 'The Gray Man'

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