The New York street set was mistakenly reported as The Gray Man 2, and there is still no news about the sequel.

 Internet celebrity IShowSpeed passed by a studio during a live broadcast in New York, and a street video was later relayed as Netflix was filming The Gray Man 2.After checking, What’s on Netflix pointed out that this footage cannot support the claim that the sequel has started filming; according to the production information tracked by the media, the scene is most likely to belong to a low-cost independent comedy that has nothing to do with Netflix.

The rumors spread from a live broadcast on October 31.IShowSpeed ​​previously held a hide-and-seek event covering the five boroughs of New York on October 28, and then stayed in the city for Halloween.He was walking along a residential street flanked by brick apartments and holiday decorations when he encountered a small film crew with cameras and blackout flags.

The aggregation account FearBuck retweeted the video with a caption saying that he broke into the set of Netflix's The Shadow 2 starring Ryan Gosling and Ana de Armas.The post received over a million views within hours, and was later followed up by entertainment sites such as Comic Basics and Fiction Horizon.But there’s no Gosling or de Armas in the film, no Netflix logo, and no information that would identify the project.Netflix recently filmed "The Roman" in New York, and it cannot be concluded that the crew in the video belongs to it.

What’s on Netflix judged based on the production list that the scene was probably filmed in New York from October 19th to "Great Men", and the title is also easy to mishear.It is an independent film produced through Lyrical Media, written and directed by Aaron Konopaki and Alex Black, produced by Delaney Buffett and Mary Nikolova, executive produced by Carlos Zosaya, and cast by Faye Grande and David Morris.Buffett and Nikolova also collaborated on the independent comedy Adult Best Friends.

The film's synopsis tells the story of two friends in their thirties who have drifted apart: after their lives have been overwhelmed by outside expectations, they reunite and try to reclaim their past, but their nostalgic adventure turns into a disaster that threatens to destroy even their remaining relationship.The project also used the name Great Men: The Major Motion Picture.This on-set identity judgment has not yet been directly confirmed by the crew on set.

The first part - The Gray Man - was filmed across Prague, Los Angeles, France, Thailand and Croatia. The crew had hundreds of crew members. During the filming, roads were closed and a large number of vehicles were mobilized.What’s on Netflix also has this kind of production scale, which shows that you can’t just rely on a small crew on a residential street to conclude that the sequel has been launched.

Plans for a sequel to "The Gray Shadow Man" did exist.Netflix announced a sequel and an independent spin-off on July 26, 2022, just four days after the first movie was launched; at that time, the original film ranked first in 92 countries.Gosling plans to continue to play Kurt Gentry, the Russo brothers will direct, and Stephen McFeely will write the script; the spin-off film will be participated by - Deadpool - (Deadpool) screenwriters Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese, but the title or protagonist has not been announced.Scott Stuber, who was in charge of Netflix's film business at the time, said the response from viewers was overwhelming and he wanted to expand the series.

In the more than four years since, public progress has been limited.In April 2023, the Russo brothers stated that the sequel would be based on Mark Greaney's second novel, On Target, and revealed to GamesRadar+ that the script was about half complete.By April 2024, Joe Russell stated that he was developing concepts and working on approximately 14 projects at the same time.

In March 2025, Anthony Russo said in an interview with The Playlist that he was still interested, but attributed the difficulty to the schedules of the two brothers, Gosling and others.In February 2026, he was interviewed by ScreenRant at the premiere event of The Bluff, and once again admitted that there was no new progress news, only saying that everyone was still considering it.

The Russo brothers have since been busy with Avengers: Doomsday, released on December 18, and the follow-up Avengers: Secret Wars; Gosling is involved in Project Hail Mary and Star Wars: Starfighter.

According to sources informed by What’s on Netflix, neither sequels nor spin-offs are currently actively being promoted on Netflix.The media linked the stagnation to changes in the leadership of the film business, the cost of the original film of approximately US$200 million and a 46% positive rating from film critics. It believed that even if the film would return to the viewing list, it would not lead to a second investment of the same scale.