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FREE GUY Sequel: 20th Century Studios President Confirms Development

A Free Guy sequel is confirmed in development at 20th Century Studios, as confirmed by studio president Steve Asbell in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter on Thursday. The interview, published by Borys Kit, focused on Asbell’s own 20th anniversary with 20th Century, it’s addition into the Disney family, and its future going forward with films in both theatrical and streaming mediums. In response to Kit’s question regarding how many productions would be planned annually, Asbell noted that the studio is “navigating the marketplace like everyone else”, citing there would be two or three movies in development per year with IPs such as Avatar, Planet of the Apes and Free Guy having “well-established theatrical precedence for a wide audience.” On the film’s status he adds: “We’re awaiting a script that is days away. It’s a fantastic story.” Free Guy finally theatrically released in August last year after multiple delays due to the Covid-19 pandemic. […]

FREE GUY: Ryan Reynolds Gets The Girl, A New Lease On Life, And A Trailer!

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Provided there’s still a movie theater left to safely attend by then, Ryan Reynolds’s new fantasy sci-fi, Free Guy, may finally hit the big screen on December 11 after shelving its summer release. The film is directed by Shawn Levy from a script by Matt Lieberman and Zak Penn. In Twentieth Century Studios’ epic adventure-comedy “Free Guy,” a bank teller who discovers he is actually a background player in an open-world video game, decides to become the hero of his own story…one he rewrites himself. Now in a world where there are no limits, he is determined to be the guy who saves his world his way…before it is too late. Also starring are Jodie Comer, Joe Keery, Lil Rel Howery, Utkarsh Ambudkar and Taika Waititi.

FREE GUY Is Ready To Play In The First Official Trailer

Lee B. Golden III

Seeing as Ryan Reynolds isn’t quite done yet owning 2019 as Netflix readies the release of Michael Bay’s 6 Underground, he’s got the platform this weekend over at Fox with director Shawn Levy setting up this summer’s action comedy adventure, Free Guy with the first trailer. In Twentieth Century Fox’s epic adventure-comedy “Free Guy,” a bank teller who discovers he is actually a background player in an open-world video game, decides to become the hero of his own story…one he rewrites himself. Now in a world where there are no limits, he is determined to be the guy who saves his world his way…before it is too late. Reynolds is joined by Jodie Comer, Joe Keery, Lil Rel Howery, Utkarsh Ambudkar and oft-director, actor Taika Waititi who can honestly play anything he wants in any movie he pleases. I’m serious about that. July 3 is the date. Mark it and […]

FREE GUY: Ryan Reynolds To Lead Fox Action Comedy For Shawn Levy

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Time will tell how things bode for actor Ryan Reynolds who is currently busy being himself at times as seen in the video above on the set of Michael Bay’s new Netflix offering, 6 Underground. In the meantime, the reigning champion title holder of all things dead or injured by on-screen Marvel persona, Deadpool, will now stake his claim in Shawn Levy’s Free Guy for 20th Century Fox. Matt Lieberman wrote the script (once a 2016 spec) which tells of a guy who, in Truman Show-fashion, teams up with an avatar to prevent the shut down of his world after learning he’s a background character living in a video game; The Truman Show (1998) starred Jim Carrey under director Peter Weir about a man who realizes he’s lived his whole life as the star of a fictional television show. Reynolds will produce at Maximum Effort with 21 Laps whose Levy […]