Taika Waititi as a villain, Jodie Comer singing and a triple whammy of universes all play into Shawn Levy’s new film, “Free Guy,” out Aug.
13 in theaters.Levy directs Ryan Reynolds, who plays Guy, a bank teller, who one day discovers he is actually an Npc (a non-player character) in a video game.
Upon learning this, and with the help of Jodie Comer’s character, Molotov Girl, he decides to break free and save the world.With an original screenplay by Matt Lieberman and Zak Penn, the “Stranger Things” director took the script and ran with it, paying homage where necessary and working with production designer Ethan Tobman to fill the world of the film with Easter eggs and references.
His greatest achievement was getting three yes answers from Disney, Marvel and Lucasfilm to agree to using their most iconic IP for the film.Levy also unlocked Comer’s
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