Peacock has announced that Universal Pictures and 87North’s The Fall Guy will begin streaming on the service on August 30, 2024. The Fall Guy: The Extended Cut, featuring 20 minutes of new action, will also begin streaming on Peacock the same day.
The Fall Guy: The Extended Cut includes new scenes not previously seen in theaters. The extended version features more action, stunts, romance, and sexy bacon!
In addition to The Fall Guy and The Fall Guy: The Extended Cut, Peacock will also be exclusively streaming new high-octane films, including Universal Pictures’ Monkey Man, Focus Features’ The Bikeriders, Peacock’s The Killer, and more. Universal’s biggest films of the year stream first on Peacock shortly after their theatrical debuts.
Subscribers get access to award-winning films and blockbuster favorites from Universal, Blumhouse, Focus Features, Illumination, and DreamWorks Animation. In 2024, Peacock will debut films, including Oppenheimer, Trolls Band Together, Kung Fu Panda 4, Monkey Man, The Fall Guy, Despicable Me 4, Twisters, and Speak No Evil. The star-studded Wicked will debut on Peacock in 2025.
Directed by David Leitch (Bullet Train, Deadpool 2, Atomic Blonde), The Fall Guy stars Oscar nominee Ryan Gosling (Barbie, La La Land) as Colt Seavers, a battle-scarred stuntman who is drafted back into service after a near-career-ending accident when Tom Ryder (Golden Globe winner Aaron Taylor-Johnson; Bullet Train), the star of a mega-budget studio movie—being directed by Colt’s ex, Jody Moreno, played by Golden Globe winner Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer, A Quiet Place films)—goes missing.
While the film’s ruthless producer (Emmy winner Hannah Waddingham; Ted Lasso) maneuvers to keep star Tom Ryder’s disappearance a secret from the studio and the media, Colt performs the film’s most outrageous stunts while trying (with limited success) to charm his way back into Jody’s good graces. But as the mystery around the missing star deepens, Colt will find himself ensnared in a sinister, criminal plot that will push him to the edge of a fall more dangerous than any stunt.
Inspired by the hit 1980s TV series, The Fall Guy also stars Winston Duke (Black Panther franchise) and Academy Award nominee Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All at Once).
From a screenplay by Hobbs & Shaw screenwriter Drew Pearce, The Fall Guy is produced by Kelly McCormick (Bullet Train, Nobody, Atomic Blonde) and David Leitch for their company 87North and by Ryan Gosling and Guymon Casady (Game of Thrones, Steve Jobs and executive producer of the upcoming series Ripley) for Entertainment 360.
The film is executive produced by Drew Pearce, Entertainment 360’s Geoff Shaevitz, and the creator of the original Fall Guy television series, Glen A. Larson.
Watch the previously-released trailer for the film here and scroll down to view the Peacock key art.
Mirko Parlevliet has been reporting on the entertainment industry since 1998 and founded Vital Thrills to provide the latest news on streaming, movies, and TV shows. He previously created the websites ComingSoon, SuperHeroHype, and ShockTillYouDrop.