If the deal makes, this would send the project into hyperdrive after two years of development and make it the next 'Star Wars' movie to go into production.

Though details on his character are still under wraps, Ryan Gosling is now in talks to play the lead role in Deadpool and Wolverine director Shawn Levy's untitled Star Wars

The involvement of Ryan Gosling has also pushed the film forward. Levy was originally set to direct a boy band movie starring Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman, but THR says if Gosling officially joins the film, then production on this Star Wars picture will move up and become Levy's next film, with production set to begin in the fall.