The Gray Man

 is an upcoming American action thriller film directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, from a screenplay by Joe Russo with a polish by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely. It is based on the first installment of the best-selling The Gray Man book series by Mark Greaney.

The movie is produced by Anthony and Joe Russo, Mike Larocca on behalf of AGBO; Joe Roth, Jeff Kirschenbaum, Chris Castaldi on behalf of Roth Kirschenbaum. Patrick Newall, Jake Aust and Todd Makurath executive produced.

Summary
"The Gray Man is the debut novel by Mark Greaney, first published in 2009 by Jove Books. It is also the first novel to feature the Gray Man, freelance assassin and former CIA operative Court Gentry.  The action thriller will follow Gentry (Gosling) as he's hunted across the globe by Lloyd Hansen (Evans), a former cohort of Gentry’s at the CIA."

- Official Netflix synopsis

Cast and Characters

 * Ryan Gosling
 * Chris Evans
 * Ana de Armas
 * Jessica Henwick
 * Wagner Moura
 * Dhanush
 * Julia Butters
 * Billy Bob Thornton
 * Alfre Woodard
 * Regé-Jean Page

Production
The project was developed years back at New Regency as a Brad Pitt/James Gray vehicle, but it stalled. The Russos quietly have been developing it for years. But by October 2015 he and Gray were no longer involved with the film.

The Russos have been developing the project for some time at Sony with Charlize Theron in talks to star in a genderswapped version of the film, and when the package went back on the market over the summer, Netflix was quick to acquire it and set Gosling and Evans to star.

Out of Covid concerns Netflix had pushed the pause button on The Gray Man while the picture is in pre-production.