New Star Wars movie with Ryan Gosling set for 2027

The movie is "an entirely new adventure featuring all-new characters set in a period of time that has not been explored on screen yet," the statement said.

Shawn Levy will direct and production will start in the autumn. Levy directed Marvel's 2024 Deadpool & Wolverine film and episodes of Netflix's TV series Stranger Things.

Gosling has been nominated for three Oscars, most recently for his role as Ken in 2023's Barbie.

Star Wars, the science-fiction franchise created by George Lucas in 1977 and set in a galaxy far, far away, has brought in more than $US5.1 billion ($A8 billion) at global box offices.