The future of Star Wars movie always a uncertain level of activitybut one of the most mysterious projects among the many Mysterious projects that Lucasfilm is cooking at the moment could be a big step forward.

The Hollywood Reporter reports—and io9 confirmed—that Deadpool and Wolverine The mystery of director Shawn Levy Star Wars The film is currently in negotiations with Ryan Gosling for a major starring role. Little is known about Levy’s project, which was then first revealed in 2022—one of only a few recently announced Star Wars theater projects that have managed to make it through the past few years of scrapping and reshuffling have largely been unscathed so far.

The film—which Levy last gave an update on in 2023, saying that plans for a script had been thwarted by the Hollywood strikes earlier—hasn’t been given any specific setting within the Star Wars timeline, but the Hollywood Reporter further added that the film is actually a standalone entity, and is not connected to the broad narrative of the main series of “Skywalker Saga” films, which fits with what we’ve heard about Lucasfilm’s latest movie plans. , which outlines a “new saga” of three films planned now by producer and writer Simon Kinberg.

THR added that Gosling should sign on to appear in the film, Lucasfilm’s planned slate after the release of the first Star Wars theatrical project since 2019, next year The Mandalorian and Grogucan be transferred once more. Levy previously planned to direct other projects before focusing on the galaxy far, far away, including Paramount’s upcoming boy band film that will reunite him with his Deadpool and Wolverine co-stars Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman. However, if Gosling talks well, the Star Wars The project will be Levy’s next film—and the next Star Wars movie on Lucasfilm’s broad slate that is actually going into production, with production likely to begin this coming fall.

We bring you more of Levy’s Star Wars movie, and other future Lucasfilm developments, as and when we know them.

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