The love story between Netflix and brothers Joe and Anthony Russo has only just begun. At the origin of the platform's greatest success with the film Extraction , the two directors accustomed to blockbusters after having directed the last two Captain America and Avengers have new ideas in mind ... And especially now the means of their ambitions.
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According to Deadline, the duo are making an adaptation of Mark Greaney's The Gray Man novel starring Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans. The budget for this film is estimated at over $ 200 million. A record for Netflix which relies heavily on the project. The Gray Man explores a deadly duel between CIA killers. Gentry, played by Ryan Gosling, is hunted around the world by Lloyd Hanson, played by Chris Evans, after being singled out as a target by his own spy agency.
" The film is a real mano a mano between these two great actors who represent two different versions of the CIA, in what it can be and what it can do ," Anthony Russo told Deadline. For those who were fans of Captain America: The Winter Soldier, we stay in this register but in a more real setting . ” Filming, scheduled for January 2021, is scheduled to begin in Los Angeles before ending overseas.
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Long attributed to James Gray and Brad Pitt, the project is now in the hands of the Russo brothers and they intend to make it a full franchise. “ The idea is to build a whole universe, with Ryan Gosling at the center,” reveals Joe Russo. We've all signed up for the first movie and that should be good to take us to the second installment. "
With this new adaptation and the planned sequel to the film Extraction , the duo will therefore have created two original franchises for the platform. " We think Netflix is the perfect place for this movie, " says Joe Russo, as evidence. This new project marks the first collaboration between Ryan Gosling and the two directors, while Chris Evans finds them for the fifth time.
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Regarding their other feature films, the filmmakers have just completed the production of Cherry with Tom Holland as the headliner . This independent drama is based on the true story of a man suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder who self-medicates and robs banks in Cleveland. A live action version of Hercules at Disney is also planned as well as an adaptation of the novel Exit West with Netflix and the Higher Ground productions of Michelle and Barack Obama.