‘Free Guy’ Director Shawn Levy on Jodie Comer Singing and Those Surprising Crossovers

Refresh for latest…: One of the only Hollywood titles to recently be granted a China release date, Disney/20th Century Studios’ Free Guy flew into the market with a $23.9M start. This is a solid launch in the Middle Kingdom, particularly in the current climate, and helped push the Ryan Reynolds-starrer past $100M at the international box office. The full offshore weekend was $37.3M in 47 markets, a slight 23% drop from last session, and the total overseas cume is now $100.3M for $179.6M global.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic“Free Guy,” starring Ryan Reynolds as a minor character in a video game who breaks out of his drone existence, is one of the fizziest movies you’ll ever see that has a bona fide brain. At first, it may remind you of a lot of other films — it’s like “The Truman Show” crossed with “Ralph Breaks the Internet,” sprinkled with “The Lego Movie” and “Groundhog Day.” But it turns into a rollicking, candified head trip.

There’s a scene in Ryan Reynolds’ new movie “Free Guy” in which co-star Jodie Comer’s character sings Mariah Carey’s fantasy, leading fans to wonder whether that’s actually the “Killing Eve” star singing.

Four new films with major stars from Hugh Jackman to Michael Keaton opened in North American movie theaters this weekend and only the one with animated puppies fared well. But it wasn’t enough to beat out Ryan Reynolds’ action-comedy “Free Guy,” which topped the charts for the second weekend running.“PAW Patrol: The Movie,” a Paramount release targeted at very young kids that’s also streaming on Paramount+, earned $13 million in ticket sales according to studio estimates Sunday.

In the new movie Free Guy, actress Jodie Comer shows off her vocal skills at one point in the film.

Free Guy director Shawn Levy is giving fans an inside look into how Ryan Reynolds scored a cameo from a Marvel star for the new movie!

Ryan Reynolds is praising his wife, Blake Lively, for making this one major moment in happen. In a new post on his Instagram Story Monday, Reynolds thanked Lively for making the film what it became." wouldn’t be the movie it is without @blakelively," Reynolds captioned the selfie of the cute couple. «She was essential in every part of the making of this film, creatively and emotionally, and the cameo everyone is talking about was entirely her idea.

Free Guy, starring Ryan Reynolds and Jodie Comer, had a amazing weekend at the box office, bringing in $28.4 million for its opening on the big screen. The earnings made the film the #1 movie at the theaters!

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterDespite concerns the delta variant would keep moviegoers at home, Ryan Reynolds’ sci-fi action comedy “Free Guy” had a better-than-expected start at the domestic box office.The movie, from Disney and 20th Century Studios, collected $26 million from 4,165 North American theaters.

While analysts had not ruled out an opening above $20 million for the Ryan Reynolds comedy, a start in the $15-19 million range was expected to be the more likely outcome. Instead, “Free Guy” has gotten a boost from strong word of mouth, with critics giving it an 82% Rotten Tomatoes score while audiences gave it a sterling A on CinemaScore and a 95% Rotten Tomatoes score.

Ryan Reynolds says Disney wants a ‘Free Guy’ sequel.

Shawn Levy‘s (“Stranger Things,” “Real Steel“) new film “Free Guy” has been winning audiences over. A large feat, given the film, is an original property and one of the few non-blockbuster franchises.

Free Guy star Ryan Reynolds says that Disney have ordered a sequel to the new film.The film, which was released on Friday (August 13) after COVID-enforced delays, sees Guy (Reynolds) starring as a bank teller who discovers that he’s actually a character inside an open world video game.

Taika Waititi is celebrating the release of his new movie!

Ryan Reynolds says Disney wants a ‘Free Guy’ sequel.

Ryan Reynolds took to Twitter on Saturday to reveal that Disney wants a Free Guy sequel.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor“Free Guy,” in theaters Aug. 13, revolves around a world within a world — the video game Free City.

Mariah Carey has seen and given it her highest praise: It's a moment. If you read that sentence and are wondering what the Elusive Chanteuse has to do with a popcorn flick starring Ryan Reynolds, then you evidently have seen and should read no further, because we're going deep into spoiler territory to discuss some of the biggest surprises and reveals.