'The Fall Guy' Remake is Coming to the Big Screen

[Brian Damage]

Director Martin Campbell is in early discussions to come aboard The Fall Guy, the movie adaptation of the Glen Larson-created 1981 TV series. The film’s being developed by producer Walter Parkes. The series starred Lee Majors as a stuntman who worked as a bounty hunter on the side, and the movie’s being scripted by Thor and X-Men: First Class writers Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz. The project was initially set up at DreamWorks, but it’s unclear at the moment if the studio will be involved. Campbell last directed Green Lantern, but it wasn’t that long ago that he helmed Casino Royale, which for my money is the best of the James Bond films.

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Ryan Gosling Does 3 Wild Stunts & Unites With Emily Blunt in First Fall Guy Images

First-look images from the upcoming David Leitch movie The Fall Guy shows Ryan Gosling performing high-octane stunts and uniting with Emily Blunt.

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David Leitch's 'The Fall Guy' Delayed by Two Months

The Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt-led film brings the classic '80s TV series to the big screen.

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10 Most Exciting Things To Expect From The Fall Guy

Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt are teaming up for David Leitch’s new action thriller The Fall Guy, and there are plenty of reasons to be excited.

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'The Fall Guy': Release Date, Cast, Plot, and Everything We Know About the Ryan Gosling Movie

Ryan Gosling and David Leitch team up to bring the classic '80s TV series to the big screen.

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Why The Fall Guy Just Flopped

BY JACK POOLEY
MAY 7TH, 2024

Breaking down the year's most shocking box office flop (so far).

Summer blockbuster season formally kicked off this past weekend with Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt's new action-comedy The Fall Guy, which on paper had a hell of a lot going for it.

From the sheer likeability of its two leads, who are fresh off colossal hits in Barbie and Oppenheimer respectively, to the clout of director David Leitch (Deadpool 2, Bullet Train), and the film's strong reception from critics and audiences alike, this seemingly had every ingredient it needed to be a bonafide commercial smash.

And so, alarm bells began ringing when The Fall Guy opened to a disappointing $28 million in North America, far below original projections as high as $40 million.

This brutal underperformance ultimately makes it nigh-on impossible for the film to turn a profit theatrically, unfortunately kicking the cinematic summer off with a shocking flop and setting a bleak tone for the months to come.

But how did such a sure thing end up faltering so unexpectedly? By considering every facet of The Fall Guys' creation and release, a clearer picture emerges of precisely what led it to fall flat at the box office...

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In this video essay, I take another look at the 2024 film, The Fall Guy, to find out why it failed at the box office, as well as explore the history and some of my thoughts on the movie.


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Chapters:

• Intro: 0:00
• Behind the Film: 0:26
• Why it Failed: 3:08
• My Thoughts: 6:08
• Conclusion: 10:39

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