Ryan Gosling has signed on to star in the Daniels' first film since their Oscar-winning Everything Everywhere All at Once, and the fact that plot details are completely under wraps tells you everything you need to know about how wild this is going to be.
The combination of Gosling's chameleonic talent and the Daniels' maximalist creativity is already generating awards season buzz, which feels almost too easy to predict. But also — have you seen what happens when great actors meet great directors? It's the kind of alchemy Hollywood runs on.
The Daniels proved they're not one-hit wonders when Everything Everywhere All at Once swept the Oscars. And Gosling is having one of those rare career renaissances where everything he touches turns to gold. Remember Barbie? Of course you do.
The secrecy surrounding the project suggests something genuinely weird and wonderful. The Daniels don't do conventional, and Gosling has shown he's more than willing to take big swings. This feels like the kind of swing-for-the-fences project that could dominate next awards season.
According to Deadline, production details are being kept tightly under wraps, which in Hollywood speak means 'we're doing something so bonkers we can't risk it leaking.'
In Hollywood, nobody knows anything — except that this is going to be spectacular or spectacularly weird. Possibly both.
