Ryan Gosling's hand finally moved in La La Land. Lionsgate released an updated poster on July 20 that reworked the pose on Gosling's side of the image, ahead of the film's 10th anniversary and its Aug. 16 theatrical re-release.
July 20 Poster Update
The change is small, but the intent is obvious: Gosling's hand now better matches Emma Stone's pose, replacing the awkward flare that helped turn the original artwork into a running joke. For a film that first arrived in 2016, the revised sheet gives Lionsgate a cleaner marketing image as it pushes the anniversary re-release. Ryan Gosling Fixes La La Land Poster Hand on 10th Anniversary
Gosling's La La Hand
In a 2024 interview with, Gosling said the image “haunts” him. He also said, “It just killed the energy that way.” The actor had already given the pose a nickname, joking, “It's just a lazy… I call it 'La La Hand,'” and adding, “Now when I look at it and I have to see it all the time, you know what would have been cooler than this? That,”
Why Lionsgate Moved
Justin Manfredi said Gosling approved the change, which turns the update into more than a cosmetic tweak. Lionsgate is not just refreshing old artwork; it is correcting the most discussed visual from the original campaign before putting the film back into theaters. That is a smart move for a title whose promotional image became part of the conversation separate from the movie itself.
Gosling had said in March that he thought it would be cool to pose that way at the time, which is what makes the correction land now instead of feeling like a retroactive joke. Lionsgate answered that old complaint with a new version of the poster, and the result is simple: the image that once distracted from La La Land now lines up with the movie's anniversary push instead of working against it.
