Winston Duke joins David Leitch’s The Fall Man

THR has reported that Winston Duke is about to affix Ryan Gosling in The Fall Man, David Leitch’s feature-film adaptation of the basic Eighties sequence of the identical identify.

The Fall Man sequence was created by Glen A. Larson and ran from 1981 to 1986 on ABC. Lee Majors starred as Colt Seavers, a Hollywood stuntman who moonlit as a bounty hunter. Utilizing his bodily expertise and data of stunt results, he travelled across the nation, capturing fugitives and criminals. The film will probably be ditching the bounty-hunting and give attention to the stunts. Ryan Gosling will star as a “battered and past-his-prime stuntman who finds himself again on a film with the star he labored with way back and who changed him. The issue, nonetheless, is that the star is now lacking.” Winston Duke will play the very best good friend of the stuntman in The Fall Man. The venture may also star Aaron Taylor-Johnson because the film star, Stephanie Hsu because the film star’s assistant, and Emily Blunt as a prosthetic make-up artist who has a romantic previous with the stuntman.

Manufacturing on The Fall Man started this week in Australia, with David Leitch directing, in addition to producing alongside Kelly McCormick by way of their 87North manufacturing banner. The script was penned by Drew Pearce, who labored with Leitch on Quick & Livid Presents: Hobbs & Shaw. Universe Photos has slated The Fall Man for a March 1, 2024 launch.

Winston Duke will subsequent be seen reprising his position of M’Baku in Black Panther: Wakanda Eternally, which is about to hit theaters on November eleventh. The Black Panther sequel will discover Queen Ramonda, Shuri, M’Baku, Okoye and the Dora Milaje preventing to guard their nation from intervening world powers within the wake of King T’Challa’s demise. When Namor, king of a hidden undersea nation, alerts them to a worldwide menace and his disturbing plan to thwart it, the Wakandans band along with the assistance of Battle Canine Nakia and Everett Ross and forge a brand new path for the dominion of Wakanda.