Streaming provider Netflix is known for its numerous in-house productions. One film clearly stands out from the mass of projects announced for this summer simply because of the budget: The Gray Man. What should you know about the most expensive Netflix movie of all time?
Netflix, blockbusters, stars, lots of budget – so far this formula has paid off for the streaming giant. If you look at the most successful in-house productions in the film sector on the platform to date, these include “The Irishman” and “Don’t Look Up”. The most successful film to date, “Red Notice”, cost 150 million US dollars and featured stars such as Dwayne Johnson, Gal Gadot and Ryan Reynolds.
Netflix is now hoping for a similar success from “The Gray Man”. The film is said to have cost a whopping $200 million. In the leading role we see none other than Golden Globe winner Ryan Gosling (including “La La Land”, “Gangster Squad”).
Netflix recently had to accept a decline in the number of subscribers for the first time and then announced that it would focus on quality instead of mass in the future. “The Gray Man” could already be the first step in this new strategy, although of course the film was almost finished before the change of direction. TECHBOOK has compiled all the information about the potential new Netflix hit.
When is The Gray Man scheduled to start on Netflix?
After a long time it was only known that “The Gray Man” should start in summer 2022, so there is finally a start date. From July 22, 2022, the action film should be streamable worldwide. There is already a first glimpse in the general Netflix film preview of the year:
Big names on the cast list
Ryan Gosling can already be seen prominently on the first film posters and was set to play the leading role early on. The Canadian actor also has a lot of experience in the action area. Besides Gosling, there are many other famous faces in the film:
- Ryan Gosling as Court Gentry
- Chris Evans as Lloyd Hansen
- Ana de Armas as Dani Miranda
- Regé-Jean Page
- Billy Bob Thronton
- Jessica Henwick
- Alfred Woodard as Maurice Cahill
- Robert Kazinsky as Perini
Incidentally, the brothers Joe and Anthony Russo are behind the camera. The duo previously worked successfully with Netflix on Tyler Rake: Extraction. And also one of the most bombastic movies in the whole film history: “Avengers: Endgame” goes to the account of the Russo brothers.
The plot of The Gray Man
The action film is based on the 2009 novel of the same name by Mark Greaney. Court Gentry (Gosling) is a former agent and hitman, now working as a mercenary for the CIA. When he comes across information that puts a heavy burden on the secret service itself, he becomes a target. From then on, his rival Lloyd Hansen (Evans) does everything in his power to take him out of circulation and a hunt around the world takes its course.
There were already plans for a film adaptation in the 2010s. At that time Brad Pitt was supposed to play the leading role. A second attempt by Sony with a female lead, played by Charlize Theron, also failed. Now Netflix has spent a lot of money to finally film “The Gray Man”.
The most expensive Netflix movie of all time
As already mentioned, the new Netflix blockbuster cost a lot of money: the streaming service put 200 million US dollars on the table for the action spectacle. It remains to be seen whether this investment will pay off. However, the conditions seem to be quite favourable.
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By the way, the novel is part of a book series. A total of 11 volumes exist so far. While Netflix hasn’t commented yet, and much depends on the film’s immediate success, The Gray Man could well be a spy action series of its own.