New 'Star Wars' movie with Ryan Gosling set for 2027

Los Angeles: Oscar-nominated actor Ryan Gosling will star in a new Star Wars film that will reach movie theaters in May 2027, Walt Disney's Lucasfilm announced on Thursday.

Star Wars: Starfighter will take place five years after the events of 2019's The Rise of Skywalker, a Lucasfilm statement said.

The movie is "an entirely new adventure featuring all-new characters set in a period of time that has not been explored on screen yet," the statement said.

Shawn Levy will direct and production will start in the fall. Levy directed Marvel's 2024 Deadpool & Wolverine film and episodes of Netflix's TV series Stranger Things.

Gosling has been nominated for three Oscars, most recently for his role as Ken in 2023's Barbie.

Star Wars is a science-fiction franchise created by George Lucas in 1977 and set in a galaxy far, far away. The Star Wars films have brought in more than $5.1 billion at global box offices.