Not one, but two versions of The scapegoat starring Ryan Gosling It is Emily Blunt are ready to debut on streaming.
If you just want to watch the version that played in theaters last spring, it will be on Peacock in August. At the same time, Peacock will also premiere an “extended version” of the film that they say features “20 minutes of new footage never before seen in theaters.”
According to the official description, the extended version includes “more action, stunts, romance, and more sexy bacon.” I’m not sure if people will care about the action or the stunts, but I think the sexy bacon will certainly raise some eyebrows.
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The scapegoatBased on the old TV series, stars Gosling as Colt Seavers, a down-on-his-luck stuntman who is called back to work when his old flame (Blunt) becomes the director of a new blockbuster starring the world’s greatest action hero (Aaron Taylor-Johnson). But all is not as it seems on set, and Colt is forced to investigate a mystery amidst death-defying stunts directed by David Leitch and featuring tons of practical effects and hilarious gags.
I’m definitely interested in the extended cut of the film; I was a big fan of the original theatrical version. As I wrote in my review when the movie was released…
… “movie magic” is a bit of a misnomer. To the audience, when a movie works the way The Fall Guy does, it feels like magic. For the filmmakers, creating that magic is part illusion and part backbreaking, backbreaking labor, much of it done by the below-the-line craftsmen that The Fall Guy values. At one point, Jody tells Colt that she wants her stunts to convey the idea, “How far would you go for the one you love?” Imagine that “the one” isn’t a person at all, but the ecstatic bliss of great cinema, and you have the driving force behind this highly entertaining film.
The scapegoat It is The Fall Guy: The Extended Version will stream on Peacock on August 30.
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