Chris Evans, Ryan Gosling to Star in $200 Million Spy Thriller for Netflix

Ryan Gosling is preparing to battle Chris Evans in a new Netflix thriller from the writers and directors of “Avengers: Endgame.” Entitled “The Gray Man,” the film is based on a series of best sellers from Mark Greaney.It’s a veritable cinematic hunk-off that seems guaranteed to set movie fans’ hearts aflutter.

It’s also likely to cost a pretty penny.

According to Deadline, which broke the news, “The Gray Man” carries a hefty budget of $200 million and change — that’s a lot of cheddar, but the streaming service has become a destination for filmmakers partly due to its willingness to cut big checks.Joe and Anthony Russo, the brothers who helmed several critically and commercially successful Marvel Studios films with Evans — including 2014’s “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” and 2019’s “Avengers: Endgame” — will direct.

The film is being produced by their new content company Agbo.

Joe Russo wrote the script,

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