A new trailer for 20th Century Studios’Free Guyhas finally arrived! It’s been almost a year since we saw thefirstFree Guytrailerat CCXP 2019, but the film remains optimistically on track for theatrical release this December from Fox/Disney.
Directed byShawn Levy(Stranger Things),Free Guyfollows Guy (Ryan Reynolds), a sweet and mild-mannered bank teller who discovers he lives in a video game as a non-player character (better known as an NPC). How in the wide world of sports does that happen? Well, Guy pulls a Wreck-It Ralph and breaks the cycle of his video game routine to stop an otherwise standard bank heist in the open-world shooter game he lives in. Free to move around his own game, Guy soon links up with the badass heroine Molotov Girl (Jodie Comer) to help on a mission that affects the very game Guy lives in.
This movie continues to look like a lot of fun. Reynolds is perfect casting here as a mild-mannered NPC who becomes a worldwide hero, and as a fan ofKilling EveI’m eager to see Comer in a big feature role. The trick will certainly be balancing the self-referential aspect of the story and its video game world with compelling characters all its own, but everything we’ve seen thus far — includingTaika Waititias the colorful game creator — is promising.
As for that December release date, who knows at this point. Theaters appear to be on track to shut down again withNo Time to Dieshifting to 2021, and I can’t imagine Disney/Fox would plant a movie of this scale on Hulu or Disney+ as a PVOD title if theaters are indeed closed by the time its December release date rolls around. But I could be wrong.
You can check out the newFree Guytrailer and poster below, but for more on the film check out our set visit coverage — Reynolds explainedhow the movie will work for non-gamersandLevy teased a bounty of Easter Eggs.
With a screenplay byMatt LiebermanandZak Penn(Ready PlayerOne), the film also starsLil Rel Howery,Joe Keery, andUtkarsh Ambudkar.
