Neon wins rights to ryan gosling film noir ‘the actor’, charlie kaufman joins as exec producer

Ryan Gosling Movie 'The Actor' Sells To 'Parasite' Distributor Neon You will be redirected back to your article in seconds Skip to main content April 12, 2021 11:36am

SERVICES TO SHARE THIS PAGE. EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, _Parasite_ distributor Neon has come out on top for North American rights to Ryan Gosling package _The Actor_, the next

movie from _Anomalisa_ director Duke Johnson. We hear the pre-buy is in the mid seven-figure range. Oscar-nominee Gosling will play actor Paul Cole who becomes stranded in 1950s Ohio after a

brutal attack. Suffering from severe memory loss, he struggles to find his way back to his life in New York and reclaim what he has lost. The hot virtual EFM project is based on the

best-selling noir novel _Memory _by Donald E. Westlake. Johnson penned the script alongside Stephen Cooney. Johnson’s _Anomalisa_ collaborator Charlie Kaufman has newly boarded as executive

producer. Jeff Deutchman negotiated the deal for Neon with CAA Media Finance and Endeavor Content, who are co-repping U.S. rights. Endeavor Content is handling international sales. WATCH ON

DEADLINE _La La Land_ and _First Man_ star Gosling is producing the feature — which sounds close in tone to the star’s crime-drama hit _Drive — _alongside Waypoint Entertainment’s Ken Kao.

Duke Johnson will produce with Abigail Spencer under their Innerlight Films production banner. Paul Young is producing through his company, Make Good. Gosling and Kao’s partnership follows

their recent project announcements of Phil Lord and Chris Miller’s _Project_ _Hail Mary_ at MGM, and Leigh Whannell’s _Wolfman_ at Universal. _Parasite_ distributor Neon has increasingly

been looking to pick up high-profile indie packages at early stage, as they did with Pablo Larrain’s Kristen Stewart starrer _Spencer_. 1 Comments JavaScript is required to load the

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