Ryan Gosling, Will Ferrell Teaming for Action Comedy ‘Tough Guys’ at Amazon MGM Studios

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Ryan Gosling and Will Ferrell ready for a tough new project. The duo are in talks to star in and produce Tough Guys, an action-comedy being set up at Amazon MGM Studios.

Longtime Workin’ Moms scribe Daniel Gold penned the script as a spec, which has the following logline: “Fed up with being ‘disposable,’ two henchmen break free from the criminal underworld and rewrite the rules as they abandon their ruthless boss and dodge the elite assassin on their trail.”Gosling helped bring Ferrell onto the project after becoming enamored with the script. The Oscar-nominated actor is already a favorite at Amazon MGM Studios, which will release Project Hail Marry on March 20, 2026. The sci-fi feature’s first trailer arrived last week, ahead of a splashy Hall H panel at San Diego Comic-Con next week. Ferrell, meanwhile, is also a fixture at the studio as the star of the recently released You’re Cordially Invited and an upcoming Nicholas Stoller feature.

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Gosling is in talks to produce Tough Guys with Jessie Henderson via their General Admission banner, while Ferrell is in negotiations to produce with Jessica Elbaum via Gloria Sanchez. Underground’s Trevor Engelson and Aaron Folbe would executive produce.

Gosling is repped by CAA and Sloane Offer. Ferrell is repped by UTA, Mosaic and Jackoway Austen. Gold is repped by CAA, Underground and Ginsburg Daniels.

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