EXCLUSIVE: Billy Bob Thornton, Alfre Woodard and Bridgerton emerging star Regé-Jean Page has completed the Russian Brothers’ cast The Gray Man starring Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans and Ana De Armas. Wagner Moura, Jessica Henwick, Dhanush and Julia Butters are also on board.
Joe and Anthony Russo have been developing the project for some time at Sony, and when the package returned to the market over the summer, Netflix was quick to acquire it and set Gosling and Evans to star. THE Gray man will be the biggest budget feature film in the history of Netflix.
Production begins in two weeks in Los Angeles. The film is a part of the strong partnership that Netflix and AGBO conquered last year, starting with Extraction, which debuted last April with some of the highest viewing numbers in the history of the streamer. They also worked on the critically acclaimed Mosul, which was released in November on Netflix.
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The Russians wrote the script, with a recent polish by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely. The Russians and Mike Larocca will produce on behalf of AGBO together with Joe Roth, Jeff Kirschenbaum and Chris Castaldi through their Roth Kirschenbaum flag.
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The Gray Man is based on the debut novel by Mark Greaney, published in 2009 by Jove Books. It is also the first novel to feature Gray Man, a freelance assassin and former CIA agent Court Gentry. The action thriller will follow Gentry (Gosling) as he is hunted around the world by Lloyd Hansen (Evans), a former CIA colleague. The film is based on the first installment of the book series.
Thornton recently ended production on the fourth season of his series on Amazon Goliath.was He also recently seen in the Sam Taylor-Johnson drama A million small pieces. He is represented by WME, Media Talent Group and Myman Greenspan.
Page is best known for his outstanding role in the Netflix series Bridgerton, which earned him a SAG and a NAACP Image Award nominated for his individual performance, and recently signed on to star in Paramount’s untitled Dungeons and Dragons Photograph. He also appeared in the Amazon photo Sylvie’s love. He is represented by CAA, Mosaic, The Artists Partnership and Ziffren Brittenham.
Woodard recently received rave reviews for the drama Clemency. It can be seen below at Sony’s Paternity alongside Kevin Hart. She is represented by ICM Partners, Circle of Confusion and Gochman Law.
The next film by the Russians and AGBO Cherry star Tom Holland and curtsies on March 12 on Apple TV +. They are represented by the CAA.
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