After previously working together in the Knives Out cast in 2019 and a second time in Netflix’s The Gray Man cast, Chris Evans and Ana de Armas teamed up again for their third movie together. Their upcoming 2023 movie, Ghosted, is yet another thriller to add to their resumes, but also marked the first time that the MCU’s former Captain America and the Blonde star played characters who are romantically linked.
In its early stages, the film was compared to romantic, action-adventure classics such as Robert Zemeckis’ Romancing the Stone from 1984, but was also noted for incorporating one of the most frustrating aspects of dating in this day and age to give it a modern edge. Let’s go over that and everything else there is to know about Ghosted so far — starting with where and how audiences would be able to see it.
What Is The Ghosted Release Date?
Thrill-seeking viewers with an Apple TV+ subscription would be able to stream Ghosted when it dropped on Friday, April 21, 2023. The PG-13 movie would be the latest of many star-studded films exclusive to Apple TV+, following the premiere of the Taron Egerton-led Tetris in late March. The platform has garnered quite an impressive reputation since its launch in late 2019, especially with a Best Picture Oscar winner under its belt in the form of 2021’s CODA.
The Ghosted Trailer Promises A Romantic, Action-Packed Comedy
After watching him play Captain America and other action heroes for so many years, it is strange to imagine Chris Evans as the one who needs saving. However, as you can see by watching the trailer for Ghosted below, that is the case in this movie:
The needledrop of The Proclaimers’ “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)” accompanying heartwarming clips of Evans and De Armas being cute is a great way to set up the movie as a classic rom-com before revealing the espionage plot. Not to mention, the all-too-relatable way that Evans’ character becomes embroiled in this volatile situation is quite amusing.
Chris Evans And Ana De Armas Lead The Ghosted Cast
As previously mentioned, Ghosted is the third movie starring both Chris Evans (who also produces and sports a fluffy hairdo in the film) and 2023 Oscar nominee Ana de Armas in leading roles, as Deadline reported. The film was originally going to see Evans reunite with Scarlett Johansson for what would have been their tenth collaboration (including 2004’s The Perfect Score, The Nanny Diaries from 2007, and eight of the best Marvel movies) before the two-time Oscar nominee was forced to exit the project.
As one of the leading stars of the Ghosted cast, the film also marks Evans’ second time starring in an Apple TV+ original, having previously played a lawyer whose teenage son (Jaeden Martell, who played the actor’s cousin in Knives Out) is accused of murder in the limited series, Defending Jacob. The film, however, marks the Apple TV+ original debut for De Armas, whose previous streaming exclusives were Netflix original movies predominantly, with the exception of Hulu’s erotic thriller, Deep Water, in 2022.
The Ghosted Cast Also Includes Adrien Brody And More
Among the actors joining Evans and De Armas in supporting roles in the Ghosted cast, according to Deadline, we have Tim Blake Nelson, who also has some Netflix movies under his belt and appeared in the MCU in its first year with a role in 2008’s The Incredible Hulk. Earlier, the movie added De Armas’ fellow Blonde cast member, Adrien Brody, who is best known for his Academy Award-winning role in The Pianist.
The Ghosted cast also features Mike Moh, who is best known as Bruce Lee in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood from 2019, and Marwan Kanzari (according to Collider), who is best known for playing bad guys in the Disney’s live-action Aladdin remake and Black Adam. Comedian Amy Sedaris — who recently gained newfound attention with her role on The Mandalorian — will also appear alongside Emmy winner Tate Donovan (who voiced the title character of Disney’s 1997 animated hit, Hercules) and Lizzie Broadway (also according to Collider), who will next star in the upcoming coming-of-age spin-off to The Boys for Amazon Prime.
Ghosted Sees A Man Track Down The Woman He Was Dating And Get Caught Up In Her Secret Life
It is also a bit strange to imagine someone as charming and good-looking as Chris Evans to be left on read, but that is just what happens to his character, Cole, in Ghosted, if the title did not give that away already. Longing to reunite with a beautiful woman named Sadie (De Armas) – despite not hearing from her after two dates – the farmer decides to surprise her in London, but he ends up being the surprised one.
Cole discovers Sadie was ghosting him because she is a CIA operative on a secret mission that becomes more complicated after he is mistakenly assumed to be the “Taxman,” which turns out to be Sadie’s codename. Now, the pair have no choice but to become unlikely partners in espionage if they are to survive the explosive conflict brewing before them and, hopefully, go on a third date.
Dexter Fletcher Directs Ghosted
At the helm of Ghosted, according to Deadline, is English-born filmmaker Dexter Fletcher, who made his directorial debut with the funny crime drama, Wild Bill, in 2011, which he followed up two years later with the musical dramedy, Sunshine Leith. He later directed two biopics starring Taron Egerton — the first being 2015’s Eddie the Eagle, followed by the visually inventive dramatization of Elton John’s life, Rocketman, in 2019 — before helming the first two episodes of The Offer for Paramount+.
Before Fletcher led an already impressive career as a director, his main job was acting, having debuted in 1976’s Bugsy Malone before appearing in David Lynch’s The Elephant Man. His best known roles include Charles Highway in the 1989 coming-of-age comedy, The Rachel Papers, and Soap in Guy Ritchie’s iconic directorial debut, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.
Deadpool Scribes Rhett Rheese And Paul Wernick Wrote Ghosted
Outside of its talented cast and gifted director, the most promising signs that Ghosted could be an entertaining winner were the gentlemen behind its screenplay. The story comes from the minds of Rhett Rheese and Paul Wernick, who are best known for writing the Deadpool movies (including the upcoming third installment) as well as being the masterminds behind Zombieland and its sequel.
The writing duo also co-created the hit reality series, The Joe Schmo Show, and collaborated on the screenplays for 2013’s G.I. Joe Retaliation and Joseph Kosinski’s Netflix original thriller, Spiderhead. Their additional collaborations with Ryan Reynolds outside of Deadpool include the 2018 outer space thriller, Life, and another Netflix original, 2019’s 6 Underground, from director Michael Bay.
Ghosted Wrapped Principal Photography In May 2022
Ghosted came out just a little less than a year after shooting officially wrapped. According to an Instagram post by Evans, the film completed principal photography in the middle of May 2022. The image sees Evans sharing a laugh with De Armas and Fletcher in a car in front of a blue screen.
Some of the best romantic-comedy movies go above and beyond the common structure of the genre by incorporating high-stakes thrills. Stream Ghosted on Apple TV+ now to see for yourself how it measures up to those sorts of fun thrillers.
