What an impressive year Ryan Goslingis having. After delivering one of the box office’s best-received sci-fi movies of the decade in Project Hail Mary, based on the novel of the same name by Andy Weir, it was then announced at last week’s San Diego Comic-Con that the La La Land star would be headlining an all-new a new Ghost Rider film. Announced by Marvel Studios Producer and President Kevin FeigeduringMarvel Studios’ Hall H presentation, it was also confirmed that the film would see Gosling collaborate again with director Shawn Levy (Deadpool & Wolverine), with the pair already combining on the upcoming Star Wars: Starfighter.
Perhaps the most famous actor on the planet right now, Gosling’s stock has risen so high that he can be trusted to lead the biggest franchises in cinema. In 2017, he was tasked with headlining the long-awaited sequel to one of sci-fi’s greatest stories. Blade Runner 2049, a legacy sequel to the 1982 film starring Harrison Ford, saw original director Ridley Scott return as producer, with his spiritual sci-fi successor Denis Villeneuvetaking over directing duties before his work on Dune, Dune: Part Two, and the upcoming third installment.
Gosling was clearly the correct choice for such an important role, with Blade Runner 2049 receiving enormous praise from both critics and fans, even being called “a richer, more thoughtful experience” than the original, according to Collider’s Matt Goldberg in his review. The film earned recognition from the Academy Awards, scoring a total of five nominations, and even walking away on the night with two Golden Statues (Best Visual Effects and Best Cinematography). Almost a decade later, you can watch Blade Runner 2049 on Paramount+ following its arrival on August 1.
Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Personality Quiz Which Sci-Fi Hero Are You Most Like? Paul Atreides · Captain Kirk · Princess Leia · Ellen Ripley · Max Rockatansky
Five iconic heroes. Five completely different ways of facing an impossible universe. One of them shares your instincts, your values, and your particular way of refusing to back down. Eight questions will tell you which one.
🏜️Paul Atreides
🖖Capt. Kirk
✊Princess Leia
🔦Ellen Ripley
🔥Max Rockatansky
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How do you lead when the stakes couldn’t be higher? The way you lead under pressure is the most honest thing about you.
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What is your greatest strength in a crisis? The quality that keeps you alive when everything else fails.
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What is the thing you’d sacrifice everything else for? Your deepest motivation is your truest compass.
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How do you relate to the people around you? Who you are to others under pressure is who you really are.
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You’re facing a threat that no one else believes is real. What do you do? How you respond when you’re the only one who sees it defines everything.
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What has your heroism cost you personally? Every hero pays. The question is what — and whether they’d pay it again.
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How do you feel about the rules of the world you’re in? Every hero has a relationship with the system. What’s yours?
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When everything is on the line, what keeps you going? The answer is the most honest thing about you.
Your Hero Has Been Identified Your Sci-Fi Hero Is…
Your answers point to the iconic sci-fi hero who shares your instincts, your values, and your particular way of facing the impossible.
Arrakis · Dune
Paul Atreides
You carry a weight most people would crumble under — the knowledge of what you’re capable of, and the burden of what you might have to become.
You see further ahead than others and you plan accordingly, even when the vision frightens you.
You are driven by loyalty to your people and a sense of destiny you didn’t ask for but can’t escape.
Paul Atreides is not simply a hero — he is someone who understands the cost of power and chooses to bear it anyway.
That gravity, that willingness to carry what others won’t, is exactly you.
USS Enterprise · Star Trek
Captain Kirk
You lead with instinct, warmth, and an absolute refusal to accept a no-win scenario — because you’ve always believed there’s a third option nobody else has thought of yet.
You take the mission seriously without ever taking yourself too seriously.
Your crew would follow you anywhere, not because you demand it, but because you’ve earned it.
Kirk’s genius isn’t tactical — it’s human. He reads people, bends rules with purpose, and wills outcomes into existence through sheer conviction.
That combination of warmth, audacity, and relentless optimism is unmistakably yours.
The Rebellion · Star Wars
Princess Leia
You are the kind of person who holds the line when everyone else is losing faith — not because you’re fearless, but because giving up simply isn’t something you’re capable of.
You lead through conviction. Your voice carries because your belief is unshakeable.
You gave up everything ordinary the moment you chose the cause, and you’ve never looked back.
Leia is not a supporting character in her own story — she is the moral centre of the entire rebellion.
That same fierce, principled, unbreakable core is what defines you.
The Nostromo · Alien
Ellen Ripley
You are not reckless, not grandiose, and not particularly interested in being anyone’s hero — you just refuse to stop when it matters.
You see threats clearly, you document the truth even when no one listens, and when the time comes you handle it yourself.
Ripley’s heroism is earned, not performed. She doesn’t have a speech — she has a flamethrower and a plan.
You share her composure under the worst possible pressure, and her refusal to pretend the monster isn’t there.
When it counts, you don’t flinch. That’s everything.
The Wasteland · Mad Max
Max Rockatansky
You have been through fire that would break most people — and what came out the other side is something the world underestimates at its peril.
You don’t ask for help, don’t need validation, and don’t wait for anyone to tell you the rules no longer apply.
Your loyalty, when it finally arrives, is absolute — but it’s earned in silence and tested in action, not in words.
Max is not a nihilist. He is someone who lost everything and found, against his will, that he still has something worth protecting.
That bruised, stubborn, ultimately human core is exactly yours.
Somehow, ‘Blade Runner 2049’ Flopped
Despite its hugely impressive response from critics, Blade Runner 2049 somehow flopped in theaters and is known today as one of the most confusing box office runs of the past ten years. Against a reported budget of $185 million, the movie only returned $259 million worldwide, split between a domestic haul of $92 million and a further $167 million from overseas markets. Hopefully, the next installment, a TV series titled Blade Runner 2099scheduled for release this November, fares better.
You can watch Blade Runner 2049 on Paramount+. Make sure to stay tuned to Collider for more streaming stories.
