Ryan Gosling will no longer be Universal and Blumhouse's Wolf Man

A new Wolf Man is coming to town as star Ryan Gosling and director Derek Cianfrance (The Place Beyond the Pines) have departed Universal and Blumhouse's upcoming horror movie.The Hollywood Reporter dropped the exclusive yesterday, signaling a huge creative shake-up in the long-gestating project, which was quickly put into active development after the surprise success of the latest iteration of The Invisible Man in early 2020. Universal and Blumhouse initially wanted filmmaker Leigh Whannell to step right back into the world of Universal's monsters, and that was the plan until he left the director's chair back in 2021. At that point, Gosling was locked in as the star of the movie and brought past collaborator Derek Cianfrance with him. Now, they're both departing the movie, which is going back into Whannell's hands. Whether they departed the project over creative differences or scheduling issues (Gosling is a really busy man right now) is unclear. Read more