A couple weeks ago, we somehow missed reporting on the fact that Ryan Gosling had signed to write and direct a remake of Taylor Hackford’s 1980 film The Idolmaker for MGM. (The original was a biopic of early rock and roll manager and eventual burnout Bob Marcucci.) Perhaps that omission was somehow driven by prescience, as that deal has fallen apart. Or, more to the point, Ryan Gosling realized that he has quite a lot to do, between promoting Drive and Crazy, Stupid, Love; shooting Derek Cianfrance’s new film The Place Between the Pines and Ruben Fleischer’s Gangster Squad; and possibly making Logan’s Run with Nicolas Winding Refn.

So he has withdrawn from the project, which remains on MGM’s list of prioritized remakes.

Deadline says that MGM would consider going back to Ryan Gosling for the film in the future if he is available and still interested.

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