--- description: Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling reunite for a third film together, about two artists struggling in L.A., this time with singing and dancing. title: Ryan Gosling Serenades Emma Stone in 'La La Land' Trailer image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf311dbce71e05a4c/69889b0ef887dc5e98e968c4/ryan-gosling-emma-stone.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Ryan Gosling Serenade Emma Stone in the Trailer for Musical _La La Land_  by [Eliza Berman](/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Updated: Dec 13, 2023 6:36 AM CUTPublished: Jul 13, 2016 1:23 PM CUT  Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone attend the "Crazy, Stupid, Love." premiere on July 19, 2011 in New York City. Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone attend the "Crazy, Stupid, Love." premiere on July 19, 2011 in New York City.Jason Kempin—Getty Images  by [Eliza Berman](/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Updated: Dec 13, 2023 6:36 AM CUTPublished: Jul 13, 2016 1:23 PM CUT In _Crazy, Stupid, Love._ they [pulled off](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cephI-s26g "undefined") the _Dirty Dancing_ [move](http://time.com/4073282/dirty-dancing-life-jennifer-grey/?utm%5Fsource=feedburner&utm%5Fmedium=feed&utm%5Fcampaign=Feed%3A+time%2Ftopstories+%28TIME%3A+Top+Stories%29 "undefined"). In [_Gangster Squad_](http://entertainment.time.com/2012/07/27/art-imitates-life-10-movies-altered-due-to-real-life-events/ "undefined") they tracked down murderous mobsters. For their third film together, [Emma Stone](http://time.com/4066168/emma-stone-anna-video/ "undefined") and [Ryan Gosling](http://time.com/4354950/ryan-gosling-thinks-women-are-better-than-men/ "undefined") will sing. Or at least, judging by _La La Land_’s trailer, which premiered Wednesday on _Good Morning America_, Gosling will. The forthcoming film from Damien Chazelle, the Oscar-nominated writer-director of _Whiplash_, is a musical set in present-day Los Angeles, where an aspiring actress (Stone) and a talented jazz musician (Gosling) embark on a romance while trying to keep their creative dreams from crumbling. Judging by Gosling’s melancholy melody in the trailer, the film appears to depict a Los Angeles that is part whimsical La La Land, part crushing City of Broken Dreams. Shots of Stone looking lost and pensive are interwoven with those of the happy couple prancing down city sidewalks, Gosling spinning, à la Gene Kelly, around a lamppost. “Who knows,” he sings, “is this the start of something wonderful and new, or one more dream that I cannot make true?” _La La Land_ premieres at the Venice Film Festival in August, but those not in attendance will have to wait until Dec. 2 to find out. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4397269/ryan-gosling-emma-stone-la-la-land-trailer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4397269/ryan-gosling-emma-stone-la-la-land-trailer/"},"headline":"Watch Ryan Gosling Serenade Emma Stone in the Trailer for Musical La La Land","datePublished":"2016-07-13T13:23:41.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T06:36:08.000Z","description":"Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling reunite for a third film together, about two artists struggling in L.A., this time with singing and dancing.","url":"https://time.com/4397269/ryan-gosling-emma-stone-la-la-land-trailer/","keywords":["movies","Movie trailers","Musicals","Emma Stone","Ryan Gosling","la la land"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf311dbce71e05a4c/69889b0ef887dc5e98e968c4/ryan-gosling-emma-stone.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliza Berman","jobTitle":"Berman is a senior editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf311dbce71e05a4c/69889b0ef887dc5e98e968c4/ryan-gosling-emma-stone.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone attend the \"Crazy, Stupid, Love.\" premiere on July 19, 2011 in New York City.","caption":"Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone attend the \"Crazy, Stupid, Love.\" premiere on July 19, 2011 in New York City.","creditText":"Jason Kempin—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4397269/ryan-gosling-emma-stone-la-la-land-trailer/","name":"Watch Ryan Gosling Serenade Emma Stone in the Trailer for Musical La La Land"}}]}] ```