Ryan Gosling’s new project The Actor picked up for distribution by Neon in a competitive bidding war
Ryan Gosling’s new film project has found a new studio home, with Neon picking up his film The Actor.
Neon has picked up North American distribution rights for The Actor, which Duke Johnson (Anomalisa) will co-write and direct, via Deadline.
Johnson’s co-writer and co-director on Anomalisa, Charlie Kaufman, has also joined the project as an executive producer.
New project: Ryan Gosling’s new film project has found a new studio home, with Neon picking up his film The Actor
Director: Neon has picked up North American distribution rights for The Actor, which Duke Johnson (Anomalisa) will co-write and direct, via Deadline
Producer: Johnson’s co-writer and co-director on Anomalisa, Charlie Kaufman, has also joined the project as an executive producer
Gosling will portray Paul Cole, an actor who becomes stranded in 1950s rural Ohio after suffering a brutal attack.
Cole suffers from memory loss as he struggles to make it back to New York City and reclaim the life he had lost.
The film is based on the Donald E. Westlake novel Memory, which was written in the 1960s and published posthumously in 2010, two years after Westlake died at 75.
Actor: Gosling will portray Paul Cole, an actor who becomes stranded in 1950s rural Ohio after suffering a brutal attack
Johnson wrote the screenplay adaptation alongside Stephen Cooney, with the project currently being sold virtually at the European Film Market.
Gosling is also producing the film with Ken Kao, who both formed the production company Arcana back in 2007.
Johnson will also produce alongside his Innerlight Films producing partner and actress Abigail Spencer.
Duke: Johnson (above) wrote the screenplay adaptation alongside Stephen Cooney, with the project currently being sold virtually at the European Film Market
The producing team is rounded out by Paul Young, who is producing through his Make Good company.
Gosling and Kao have been quite busy as of late, setting up Project Hail Mary from The Martian author Andy Weir and filmmakers Phil Lord and Chris Miller.
They also are attached to Leigh Whannell’s The Wolfman for Universal, with Gosling playing the title character.
Producer: Gosling and Kao have been quite busy as of late, setting up Project Hail Mary from The Martian author Andy Weir and filmmakers Phil Lord and Chris Miller
Gosling has currently been filming The Gray Man in Los Angeles, alongside Ana de Armas, Rege-Jean Page and Chris Evans.
He hasn’t been seen on the big screen in a few years, with his last movie 2018’s First Man, and 2017’s Blade Runner 2049.
Kaufman most recently wrote and directed the Netflix film I’m Thinking of Ending Things.
Recently: Kaufman most recently wrote and directed the Netflix film I’m Thinking of Ending Things