The Russo brothers compared their upcoming spy thriller The Gray Man to their MCU directing debutCaptain America: The Winter Soldier.The brothers have go some of the most sought after blockbuster directors since their MCU debut. After directing three more Curiosity films -Helm American: Civil War and both Avengers: Infinity WarandEndgame - they'll return to the action-thriller genre with the Gray Man for Netflix.

The Greyness Humanwill star Captain America himself, Chris Evans, alongside Ryan Gosling. The film is based on the novel of the same name written by Marking Greany and volition follow the titular Gray Man, a freelance assassin and erstwhile CIA operative, Courtroom Gentry (Gosling). The film is a cat-and-mouse chase betwixt Gentry and Evans' Lloyd Hansen, a former friend of Gentry'southward from the CIA. Netflix hopes the film will kick-off aJames Bail-esque franchise. With its $200 million upkeep, the studio is sparing no expense.

During the Russo brother'south CCXP panel (viaCollider), the directors revealed more about their upcoming film. The directors appear they are planning a franchise and won't reveal all of the picture show'due south secrets in the start entry. The sequels could branch out and even follow other characters, revealing the telescopic of the potential franchise. Ultimately, they compared the film toCaptain America: The Winter Soldier.

Gray Homo is a spy film. For fans of The Wintertime Soldier, The Gray Homo is similar in a sense that we're trying to embed it in a very modern, current surround that we're facing on a global level in terms of spy networks and [the] CIA. It'll be fun to see Chris in the opposite office of Helm America.

From the sound of the film's plot, the comparisons betwixt the 2 could cease upwardly existence accurate.Captain America: The Wintertime Soldier was lauded for its subversive accept on the Marvel formula. The motion picture concluded upwards being in line with the paranoid spy thrillers of years past, in addition to beingness about America's favorite heroes. The Russo brothers know how to brand a franchise, as well - their heavy involvement in the MCU is indicative of that. With brand new source material, the directing duo will likely flesh out this world while evoking the things fans loved aboutThe Wintertime Soldier.

Netflix has a lot riding on this film. Evans and Gosling are two Hollywood heavyweights, and their salaries don't come cheap. With the massive budget and the seemingly huge scale of production, Netflix is betting on The Gray Man being the next big franchise in the vein ofMission ImpossibleorJames Bail. It seems as if all of Hollywood is clamoring to make the adjacent big spy thriller, with a similar pic beingness recently announced starring Gal Gadot. If anyone can pull it off, though, information technology'south Netflix, with their practically unlimited resource and their power to draw in people like Gosling, Evans, and the Russo brothers.

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Source: CCXP (via Collider)

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