First Look at Ryan Gosling in Star Wars: Starfighter, Simon Bird and Amy Adams Join the Cast

Lucasfilm has announced the formed for Star Wars: Starfighter and released a first-look representation showing Ryan Gosling’s character.

In June, it was reported that Gosling plays a quality who “must support his young nephew against evil pursuers.”

Star Wars: Starfighter is directed by Shawn Levy, who directed Marvel mega deed Deadpool & Wolverine. Gosling is joined connected the formed by Flynn Gray (the young nephew mentioned above), The House of the Dragon prima Matt Smith (who volition reportedly play 1 of “multiple” villain characters), Mia Goth (who volition besides play a villain - 1 of those evil pursuers mentioned above), Aaron Pierre, Simon Bird from The Inbetweeners, Jamael Westman, Daniel Ings, and Amy Adams. Production has present begun successful England.

The image, below, appears shows Gosling and Gray sitting connected a conveyance that looks a spot similar a landspeeder, which fans of 1977’s Star Wars: A New Hope volition cognize well.

(L to R) Ryan Gosling and Flynn Gray connected acceptable for Star Wars: Starfighter. Shot by Ed Miller.

Much of Star Wars: Starfighter is inactive coming together, but determination are a fewer details that person been revealed since its announcement successful April. Levy considers the movie to beryllium a standalone task but has confirmed that it takes spot 5 years aft the earth-shaking events of The Rise of Skywalker.

"This is simply a standalone. It’s not a prequel, not a sequel," Levy said astatine Star Wars Celebration 2025 successful April. "It’s a caller adventure. It’s acceptable successful a play of clip that we haven’t seen explored yet.” The film’s publication was handled by The Adam Project’s Jonathan Tropper.

The adjacent Star Wars movie is The Mandalorian and Grogu, owed retired May 2026. Star Wars: Starfighter follows a twelvemonth later, connected May 28, 2027.

Per Star Wars.com:

Today, to people the commencement of accumulation connected Star Wars: Starfighter, Lucasfilm has announced the afloat formed for the upcoming diagnostic movie from Shawn Levy. Joining the antecedently announced Ryan Gosling, the movie stars Flynn Gray, Matt Smith, Mia Goth, Aaron Pierre, Simon Bird, Jamael Westman, Daniel Ings, and Amy Adams.Star Wars: Starfighter is an all-new standalone adventure. The film, which has begun production, is an wholly archetypal communicative acceptable successful a play of clip ne'er earlier explored successful Star Wars. Starfighter volition beryllium released theatrically May 28, 2027.“I consciousness a profound consciousness of excitement and grant arsenic we statesman accumulation connected Star Wars: Starfighter,” says filmmaker Shawn Levy. “From the time Kathy Kennedy called maine up, inviting maine to make an archetypal escapade successful this unthinkable Star Wars galaxy, this acquisition has been a imagination travel true, creatively and personally. Star Wars shaped my consciousness of what communicative tin do, however characters and cinematic moments tin unrecorded with america forever. To articulation this storytelling postulation with specified superb collaborators onscreen and off, is the thrill of a lifetime.”Directed by Shawn Levy, the movie is produced by Levy and Kathleen Kennedy. Executive producers are Ryan Gosling, Dan Levine, Mary McLaglen, and Josh McLaglen. The publication is by Jonathan Tropper.

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