Ryan Gosling can finally sleep at night.
After nearly a decade of making jokes about the original La la land The poster is ‘haunting’ Lionsgate has finally fixed it with a new poster celebrating the film’s 10th anniversary.
Updated artwork arrives as well La la land It returns to theaters starting August 16, when the Oscar-winning musical returns to Dolby Cinema at AMC Theaters for an anniversary re-release. A La la land The musical is currently in development for Broadway.
The original poster for the 2016 film shows Emma Stone and Gosling dancing on the Los Angeles skyline. Both actors have one arm raised, but while Stone’s hand was extended upward, Gosling tilted his hand flat — a choice he has since joked he regrets.
talking to The Wall Street Journal In 2024, Barbie The star reflects on why this pose still “haunts” him.
“maybe La la land“,” he said when asked if there was a role he would like to play. “There’s a moment that haunts me where we’re dancing, Emma and I, and I didn’t know that was going to be the poster for the movie, but I thought we were supposed to raise our hands and I thought it would be cool to put my hands up.” [flat]”.
“Even though everyone told me it wasn’t great, I was sure it was great,” he continued. “Now when I look at it, and I have to see it all the time, you know what could have been more wonderful… [the correct pose]. You killed the energy that way. I call it “La La Hand.”
Gosling even mocked the moment earlier this year during promotion Hail Mary projectand released a video in March in which he finally corrected “La La’s hand.”
Directed by Damien Chazelle, La la land It follows aspiring actress Mia (Stone) and jazz musician Sebastian (Gosling) as they chase their Hollywood dreams while falling in love.
The film won six Academy Awards, including Best Director for Chazelle and Best Actress for Stone. Also remembered as the infamous Best Picture Mix at the 2017 Academy Awards, when La la land The winner was mistakenly announced before it was revealed moonlight He has already received the award.
