The stunt team behind “John Wick” and “Deadpool” will bring a new pre-show to the “Waterworld” stuntacular at Universal Studios Hollywood based on the $125 million Universal Pictures film “The Fall Guy” coming to theaters next month.
The limited-time “Fall Guy Stuntacular Pre-Show” will run for three weeks from April 27 to May 19 as an introduction to the three-decade-old “Waterworld” stunt show on Universal’s upper lot.
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The “Waterworld” pre-show serves as a movie tie-in to “The Fall Guy” theatrical release on May 3 starring Ryan Gosling (“Barbie”), Emily Blunt (“Oppenheimer”), Hannah Waddingham (“Ted Lasso”), Stephanie Hsu (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”), Winston Duke (“Black Panther”) and Aaron Taylor-Johnson (“Bullet Train”).
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“The Fall Guy” movie, inspired by the 1980s television series, follows the exploits of former stuntman Colt Seavers (Gosling) who springs back into service when a blockbuster film star suddenly disappears.
The “Fall Guy Stuntacular Pre-Show” pulls back the curtain on how movie stunt performances are designed and brought to life with an original storyline created for the Universal live-action stunt show set in an aquatic amphitheater.
The “Fall Guy” pre-show is being produced by the 87North production company behind the Gosling/Blunt star vehicle and other stunt-heavy action films like “John Wick,” “Deadpool 2,” “Nobody” and “Violent Night.”