Netflix Hires Avengers: Endgame Directors to Make Its Most Expensive Movie Ever

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It appears that another huge pay day is in store for Anthony and Joe Russo, the directing duo responsible for the highest-grossing movie (before inflation is accounted for, at least) in the world. According to Deadline, Netflix has tapped the Avengers: Endgame directors for The Gray Man, a thriller that will cost upward of $200 million!

That’s a lot of money, but it’s somewhat unsurprising when you realize that the stars of the movie are not only Ryan Gosling, but Captain America himself, Chris Evans. Even if the script did turn out to be a complete disaster, Netflix subscribers should expect some good performances out of the big-budget original.

“The action thriller is a deadly duel between killers as Gentry (Gosling) is hunted across the globe by Lloyd Hansen (Evans), a former cohort of Gentry’s at the CIA,” reported Deadline. “The Gray Man turned into a bestselling book series, and the expectation is that Gosling will continue in multiple installments. The project was developed years back at New Regency as a Brad Pitt/James Gray vehicle, but it stalled. The Russos quietly have been developing it for years.”

“The movie is a real mano a mano between those two great actors who represent two different versions of the CIA, in what it can be, and what it can do,” Anthony Russo told Deadline. “For those who were fans of Captain America: Winter Soldier, this is us moving into that territory in more of a real-world setting. That’s what this movie really means for us.”

The Gray Man will begin filming in January, but there’s no indication of when it’ll show up on Netflix.

Tsing Mui
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