Earlier this yr, studies got here out that Ryan Gosling was in talks for the lead position in Shawn Levy’s Star Wars film. Now, Gosling has confirmed that he’ll star in Levy’s movie, which the Deadpool & Wolverine director has been engaged on since 2022, on the Star Wars Celebration occasion in Tokyo. Levy’s film will probably be referred to as Star Wars: Starfighter, in response to The Hollywood Reporter, and is scheduled for launch on Could 28, 2027, just a few weeks after Avengers: Secret Wars debuts in cinemas.
Starfighter, more than likely named after the universe’s small fight spacecraft, is a standalone film set 5 years after the occasions in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and won’t be related to the Skywalker household. “It’s not a prequel, not sequel. It’s a brand new journey. It’s set in a time frame that we haven’t seen explored but,” Levy mentioned throughout the occasion. Neither Levy nor Gosling mentioned the plot of the film, and it is not even clear what character Gosling is taking part in. Manufacturing appears to be in search of a teenage actor and a female and male actor to play as villains alongside Gosling’s character. The film will begin manufacturing this fall.
A yr earlier than Starfighter hits the theaters, nevertheless, The Mandalorian and Grogu is taking heart stage. A derivative primarily based on The Mandalorian sequence, it is going to premiere on Could 22, 2026, with Jon Favreau serving as its director.
