Cannes: Ryan Gosling To Star In & Direct Remake Of ‘The Idolmaker’

COMMENTS (19)

• Ryan Gosling #winning

  Comment by kapo — Friday May 13, 2011 @ 3:43pm PDT  Reply to this post

• I think I am in love with him. No, I am.

  Comment by Swoon — Friday May 13, 2011 @ 4:06pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Ugh…He’s really nowhere near as good as people keep hyping him up to be and he needs to stop getting involved with remakes.

  Comment by Overrated — Friday May 13, 2011 @ 4:12pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • Um…have you seen THE BELIEVER, HALF NELSON, or BLUE VALENTINE??? He’s one of the best young stars, like James Franco, of this generation. He was also good in THE NOTEBOOK (yes it’s sappy, but both him and McAdams make that film work, ALL GOOD THINGS, and THE UNITED STATES OF LELAND.

    You’re crazy to call him overrated.

    Comment by Believe — Friday May 13, 2011 @ 4:19pm PDT  Reply to this post

    • I remember Ryan Gosling on the Mickey Mouse Club. He was singing & dancing on that program. Yes, he is one of the best actors ( young or old ) in Hollywood. I wouldn’t put James Franco in that category.

      Comment by sp — Friday May 13, 2011 @ 5:52pm PDT  Reply to this post

      • Me either. I’m pretty outraged that hack poser Franco is being compared to Gosling. Young Hercules is the real deal.

        Comment by padre — Saturday May 14, 2011 @ 1:10pm PDT  Reply to this post

    • Yes, Yes and YES! And I agree with Overrated. Gosling is OVERrated to an annoying point! But then again, he’s not the only one!

      Comment by nina — Saturday May 14, 2011 @ 4:38am PDT  Reply to this post

  • I have to agree. He’s too mannered and too much of a show-off as an actor that I never buy him in his roles nor do I forget that he’s “acting”. I found him irritating, hammy, and inconsistent in Blue Valentine. The way his character “aged” was ridiculous and not believable. Maybe working in more mainstream projects will lower his annoying “tics” though.

    Comment by Pryor — Friday May 13, 2011 @ 4:20pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • idiot

    Comment by Not Overrated — Friday May 13, 2011 @ 4:42pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Who is he making this project with? It’s a UA property so is MGM financing or taking a rights fee? Have thought this would be a great theatrical remake or television series for a long time.

  Comment by kasaja — Friday May 13, 2011 @ 4:23pm PDT  Reply to this post

• I love this idea! Gosling actually has the chops to dance and sign. With Idol, The Voice, Beiber, etc… the time is right to tell this story. Yeah!

  Comment by bettyrizzo — Friday May 13, 2011 @ 4:51pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Yet another loser in hollywood who can’t think of any of their own ideas and has to remake someone else’s work. I’ve just lost all respect for him, not that I ever had much for him in the first place

  Comment by Loser — Friday May 13, 2011 @ 6:17pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • Why so serious?

    Comment by B — Saturday May 14, 2011 @ 11:01am PDT  Reply to this post

• Yea just give every good looking actor a budget and let him direct. Let the crew make the film and his face sell tickets. That’s fucking art for ya. Hollywood is trash.

  Comment by directing? — Friday May 13, 2011 @ 6:26pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Gosling is unquestionably a real talent. He proved that in a number of films, although Blue Valentine was a relatively weak perf for his standard. Michelle Williams had a degree of in the moment truthfulness that was phenomenal and revealed some actorly moments by Ryan. But directing is a whole new deal, and many actors fail miserably when they direct. For every clooney, there are 100 nic cages. Personally i hope he hates directing and sticks to acting.

  Comment by fred.reade — Friday May 13, 2011 @ 8:40pm PDT  Reply to this post

• sell out.

  Comment by sold gold — Friday May 13, 2011 @ 9:03pm PDT  Reply to this post

• ¡Yo lo adoro!

  Comment by Deborah — Friday May 13, 2011 @ 9:08pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Such an unnecessary, horrible idea. These remakes are getting more and more pathetic. Gosling wouldn’t have been fit to shine Ray Sharky’s shoes.

  Comment by Horrible — Friday May 13, 2011 @ 9:30pm PDT  Reply to this post

• The people hating on Young Hercules better step off! He is talented and beautiful. He is the future of the industry. We need young men of his generation to step up and fill the void of the middle aged A-listers and Young Hercules is doing this admirably. When Depp is too bloated and broken to be wheeled out there anymore, who do you expect to be carrying movies? It will be Young Hercules and his peers.

  Comment by padre — Saturday May 14, 2011 @ 1:17pm PDT  Reply to this post