A sequel to Shane Blackās The Nice Guys, starring Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling, has been the topic of conversation between the pair.
Russell Crowe is about to hit our screens in the upcoming horror,
The Popeās Exorcist. However, heās got one eye on the future and has been talking up a possible second collaboration with Ryan Gosling in a sequel to 2016ās greatly-admired buddy cop flick,
The Nice Guys.
Crowe was chatting on
KFC Radio, where he revealed that heād been chatting to co-star Ryan Gosling about ideas for a sequel, noting that theyād even got as far as throwing around titles. Ready for it? āWe wanted to call it ‘
Nice Guys: The Mexican Detectives’. Bang! It’s me & Ryan, somehow we’ve got to pretend we’re Mexican detectives.ā
Presumably, any sequel would see the return of director Shane Black as well. Blackās directing career seems to have stalled somewhat following the poor reception to 2018ās
The Predator. Yet before that, his previous two films were a pretty potent combination of
The Nice Guys and
Iron Man 3. Whilst we arenāt particularly enamoured with Croweās pitch for a sequel to
The Nice Guys, we would welcome a collaboration between the two actors again, given how good their onscreen chemistry was on that film.
Still, whatever happens next that would be some way down the line. Along with the
Barbie reshoots that were announced this week, Gosling has a laundry list of upcoming projects, including a rumoured role in the Margot Robbie take on
Oceanās Eleven and his long-gestating spin on
The Wolfman. Crowe too has a busy slate so whether this project gains any traction depends largely on how much the two stars want it. Weāll let you know should we hear more.
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