Rep Says Ryan Gosling is Not‘The Lone Ranger’

On Friday,The Wrapreported Ryan Gosling was“in talks” to play the title character in Disney’sThe Lone Ranger, an adaptation of the radio serial and TV series with Johnny Depp attached as his Native American sidekick, Tonto.

At the time, the outlet hedged its bets by saying“it’s early” and“Gosling’s schedule may not permit him to take the role.” That seems to be the case, asEWconfirms Gosling is otherwise occupied and won’t play the masked ranger.

Gore Verbinski signed to direct the reboot inSeptember 2010, reteaming the winning team behind the originalPirates of the Caribbeantrilogy. Depp has finished filming the fourth installment with Rob Marshall and will be promoting the movie heavily until its worldwide release on May 20 after which he’ll take on his passion project,Dark Shadows, with friend and filmmaker Tim Burton.

Gosling recently completed work on the indie thrillerDrive(which is headed to Cannes) with director Nicolas Winding Refn (Bronson) and is scheduled to reunite with the filmmaker this fall on Warner Bros’Logan’s Runremake. He’s also part of the ensemble cast of this summer’sCrazy, Stupid, Love.

Disney’sThe Lone Rangerisn’t expected to start shooting until 2012, if the revised script by Justin Haythe is ready. Even then it likely won’t be in theaters until 2014. That’s a long time for Gosling to find another payday, after cutting his teeth and making a name for himself in indie dramas likeBlue ValentineandHalf Nelson.

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