Universal Pictures has dropped the poster and first trailer for their 2024 action comedy “The Fall Guy” (see both below). Loosely based on the 1980’s television series starring Lee Majors and Heather Thomas, this remake (of sorts) is helmed by stuntman turned director David Leitch. The film was definitely on my radar due to its fun 80s connection and its stellar cast. But the first trailer may make me temper my expectations just a bit.

Ryan Gosling plays a past-his-prime stuntman named Colt Seavers while Emily Blunt plays his ex-girlfriend Jody Moreno. She’s all set to direct her first film. But when her hunky star, Tom Ryder (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) disappears, she tasks her old flame Colt with finding him (or something like that). The trailer shows us an unapologetically goofy film full of over-the-top set pieces. It shows Gosling continuing his move away from somber to silly and Blunt doing what she can with what looks like a pretty flimsy role. The cheap and incessant use on Bon Jovi’s “You Give Love a Bad Name” doesn’t exactly help. We’ll see.

“The Fall Guy” hits theaters March 1, 2024. Check out the trailer below and let me know if you’ll be seeing it or taking a pass.