The Gray Man is a 2022 action thriller film directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, from a screenplay the Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame duo co-wrote with Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, based on the 2009 novel of the same name by Mark Greaney. Produced by the Russo brothers' company, AGBO, the film hopes to start a franchise based on Greaney's Gray Man novels. With a production budget of $200 million, it is the most expensive film ever made by Netflix.
CIA operative Court Gentry (Ryan Gosling), aka, Sierra Six. Plucked from a federal penitentiary and recruited by his handler, Donald Fitzroy (Billy Bob Thornton), Gentry was once a highly-skilled, Agency-sanctioned merchant of death. But now the tables have turned and Six is the target, hunted across the globe by Lloyd Hansen (Chris Evans), a former cohort at the CIA, who will stop at nothing to take him out. Agent Dani Miranda (Ana de Armas) has his back. He’ll need it.
The full cast includes Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jessica Henwick, Regé-Jean Page, Wagner Moura, Julia Butters, Dhanush, Alfre Woodard, and Billy Bob Thornton.
The Gray Man is set for a limited theatrical release on July 15th, 2022, followed by a streaming release on Netflix on July 22nd. Watch the official trailer below.