Ryan Gosling has a lot of great performances to his credit, but I would say his two best were with Blue Valentine and The Place Beyond the Pines director Derek Cianfrance. It’s been far too long since they last worked together, but that’s about to change on the most unlikely of projects: Universal’s Wolfman movie.
Deadline reports Cianfrance will direct Gosling in Wolfman, the latest horror reboot from Universal Pictures and Blumhouse. Cianfrance will also tackle the script.
You might be asking yourself, “Wait, what happened to Leigh Whannell? Wasn’t this supposed to be his followup to The Invisible Man?” Good questions, and the answer is that Whannell dropped out earlier this year due to his busy schedule.
On paper this seems like an odd choice. Cianfrance is known for heavy emotional dramas. His most recent film was 2016’s The Light Between Oceans. He was also a writer and producer on acclaimed film Sound of Metal. Blumhouse has been known to mix things up with their filmmakers, though, and if you need an example of how that can be successful just look at what David Gordon Green has done with Halloween.
