Ryan Gosling is to star in a new Star Wars film, which is set to be released in two years’ time.
The new Disney project is titled Star Wars: Starfighter, and will be directed by Deadpool & Wolverine director Shawn Levy.
“The reality is that this script is just so good. It has such a great story with great and original characters,” said Barbie actor Gosling at a Star Wars Celebration in Tokyo.
“It’s filled with so much heart and adventure, and there just really is not a more perfect filmmaker for this particular story than Shawn.”
Gosling’s lifelong passion for the franchise was on display at the event, which showed his childhood Star Wars bedsheets on screen.
“You can see from the picture, I guess I was probably dreaming about Star Wars before I even saw the film,” he said.
“And it’s probably framed my idea of what a movie even was,” he said.