The Fall Guy is a 2024 upcoming American action comedy film directed by David Leitch.
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- The Fall Guy is a 2024 upcoming American action comedy.
- The film was directed by David Leitch.
- It was written by Drew Pearce.
- It’s loosely based on the 1980s TV series about stunt performers.
- It stars Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt.
- Winston Duke, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Hannah Waddingham, and Stephanie Hsu play in supporting roles.
- The Fall Guy premiered at SXSW on March 12, 2024.
- It is scheduled to be released in the United States and Canada by Universal Pictures on May 3, 2024.
- The film has received generally positive reviews from critics.
- It broke a Guinness World Record for the most cannon rolls performed in a car.
- The movie is a remake of The Fall Guy (1981).
- In it, Lee Majors played Colt Seavers, a Hollywood stuntman who also moonlights as a bounty hunter when there is little movie work.
- Majors himself and the show’s famous vehicle, the 1981 GMC K-2500 Wideside, will appear in the film.
- Ryan Gosling had a chance encounter with Steven Spielberg, who told him he loved this movie. Gosling said, “As far as I’m concerned it doesn’t matter anymore what happens. Steven Spielberg liked it.
- That was an all time moment for me. I’m really excited for people to see it. I think it’s a really special movie.”
- David Leitch made the choice to direct this movie instead of Will Smith’s Fast and Loose the week before Smith slapped Chris Rock at 94th Oscars (2022).
- This movie had been in development since 2010.
- Tom Cruise, Keanu Reeves, Nicolas Cage, Jason Statham, and Dwayne Johnson were all eyed to play Colt Seavers over the years.
- Chris O’Hara received a credit for for the crew position of ‘stunt designer,’ believed to be the first credit of its kind.
- The role of Stunt Designer is meant to acknowledge the high-level artistic contribution of the traditional stunt coordinator role, and recognize creative leadership within the stunts industry.
- The film cast includes three Oscar nominees
- Emily Blunt partially based her character on Greta Gerwig, explaining, “With the warmth and the charm, I guess there’s a little Greta in there.”
- Lee Majors, who starred in the original television series, also has a role in the film.
- The Fall Guy’s score was composed by Dominic Lewis, who previously scored Bullet Train.
- Blake Shelton contributed to the soundtrack with a cover of “Unknown Stuntman”, the theme to the series originally performed by Lee Majors.
- Principal photography began in October 2022 in Sydney, Australia, at the Disney Studios Australia in Moore Park, Sydney.
- In January 2023, the Sydney Harbour Bridge was closed for several daytime hours for filming of scenes involving Gosling.
- The film used practical stunts, with highly choreographed action sequences. Leitch stated, “It was a love letter to stunts. We knew we had to be authentic in that world.”
- It broke a Guinness World Record for the most cannon rolls in a car, with eight and a half rolls performed by stunt driver Logan Holladay.
- On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 89% of 37 critics’ reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.8/10.
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