Ryan Gosling can sleep easier now knowing that the La La Land poster has been fixed from his “La La Hand.”
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the release of the Oscar-winning film, Lionsgate unveiled a new poster that modified Gosling’s hand position.
Over the years, Gosling has been open about disliking the movie poster, telling The Wall Street Journal in a 2024 interview, “There is a moment that haunts me.”
“We’re dancing, Emma [Stone] and I, and I didn’t know this would become the poster for the movie,” he said at the time. “We were supposed to have our hands up, and I thought it would be cool to put my hand [more flat] even though everyone told me it wasn’t cool. I was sure it was cooler.”
He continued, “Now when I look at it, and I have to see it all the time, you know what would’ve been cooler…[the intended pose]. It just killed the energy that way. I call it La La Hand.”
The rerelease of La La Land is set for Sunday, August 16, when Dolby Cinema at AMC Theatres will play the film that won six Oscars, including Best Director and Best Cinematography.
Damien Chazelle wrote and directed the musical, which starred Gosling and Stone as a struggling jazz pianist and an aspiring actress who fall in love while pursuing their dreams in Los Angeles. The film also starred John Legend, Rosemarie DeWitt, Finn Wittrock and J. K. Simmons.
‘La La Land’ poster comparison
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Watch the trailer for the La La Land re-release in the video below.
