Ryan Gosling will not appear in the next film from Oscar-winning director duo Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Variety has confirmed.
Gosling’s resignation is believed to be due to scheduling conflicts.
Universal originally set the date for the top-secret project as June 12, 2027, but later moved the date to November 19, 2027. Kwan and Scheinert, collectively known as Daniels, had been aiming to begin filming in Los Angeles later this summer, but production could not be rescheduled to accommodate Gosling’s recently packed schedule following a lengthy worldwide press tour for Amazon MGM’s sci-fi epic Project Hail Mary.
But the three-time Oscar nominee is set to appear in one of 2027’s big releases, director Shawn Levy’s Star Wars: Starfighter, which will see the actor return to space after a highly successful voyage. Gosling is leading the box office in 2026 thanks to the smash hit of “Project Hail Mary.” The science fiction film, directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, grossed $80 million domestically and $141 million worldwide during its March 20 opening weekend. It has now grossed more than $334 million at the worldwide box office.
Kwan and Scheinert made their feature directorial debut in 2016 with Swiss Army Man, a fantasy comedy starring Paul Dano and Daniel Radcliffe as a farting corpse. Their latest film, 2022’s Everything Everywhere All at Once, starring Michelle Yeoh, was a critical and commercial success, grossing over $100 million at the box office and winning seven Oscars, including Best Picture.
Kwan, Scheinert and producer Jonathan Wang will produce the untitled film through their Playground production banner and an overall deal with Universal. Kwan and Wang recently supported Universal’s specialty studio Focus Features’ The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist, which was released in theaters last weekend.
Deadline first reported Gosling’s departure. Universal has not commented.
