Free Guy
Free Guy is a 2021 American action comedy film directed and produced by Shawn Levy from a screenplay by Matt Lieberman and Zak Penn, and a story by Lieberman. The film stars Ryan Reynolds, Jodie Comer, Lil Rel Howery, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Joe Keery, and Taika Waititi. It tells the story of a bank teller who discovers that he is a non-player character in a massively multiplayer online game who then partners with a player to find evidence that a gaming company's CEO stole the player's game's source code. Lieberman began writing the script in 2016, which was acquired by 20th Century Fox shortly after. Levy passed on the script, but reconsidered after Hugh Jackman introduced him to Reynolds, resulting in him leaving the film adaptation of the Uncharted video game he had been developing. The acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney made Free Guy one of the first films produced by 20th Century to continue its production under Disney's ownership. Filming took place in Massachusetts and California between May and July 2019. After the film was delayed two times by the COVID-19 pandemic, it premiered at the 74th Locarno Film Festival on August 10, 2021, and was released theatrically in the United States three days later on August 13 in RealD 3D, IMAX, 4DX and Dolby Cinema formats by 20th Century Studios. It grossed $331.5 million worldwide. The film received generally positive reviews from critics for the concept, comparing it to science fiction films and action video games such as Ready Player One, The Truman Show, The Matrix, Grand Theft Auto, The Lego Movie, and Fortnite. The film received a nomination for Best Visual Effects at the 94th Academy Awards.
Good morning, sheeple! Oh, you are fired. There is some concern with the bloody zombies. Retailers won't carry the game. Cut it. It's out. Never even happened. Next. It's your lawyers. They need to get your deposition. Speak. Which lawsuit are we talking about? Millie, Millie Rusk? No sweat. That will never see the inside of a courtroom because she's got no proof and her ex-partner works for me. We're golden. Antwan, hey. You look great. Uh, I thought you were still at Burning Man. Oh, does it look like I'm still at Burning Man? You, you, you-- No. So, shut your stupid, bearded face and listen. You heard about the asshole running around in the game who looks like an NPC? Yeah, yeah. We call him Blue Shirt Guy. But we're gonna get rid of him. Don't get rid of him. People like him. It's all over social media. No. In fact, know what I'm gonna do? I'm gonna use the skin in Free City 2. Oh, art nerds! We're gonna make some upgrades to Blue Shirt, all right? 'Roid him out. Make him a hitman or something. Antwan, we're already way behind porting over the skins from Free City 1. Skins? Don't even worry about that. They won't be usable in Free City 2. Antwan, you told the fans Free City 2 is backwards compatible. It was in the commercial. You said there'd be the same characters in the sequel. Well, here's the thing. When I said that, I was lying. Listen, Antwan, the game is already buggier than ever. I got a stack of user complaints, like, a mile high. Look, I know it sucks. But the IP recognition is rock hard. Okay? So don't even worry about it. I'm just saying, we could make an original game. What? Make an original? Why would I do that when I could make a sequel? A sequel. So we can make it better? IPs and sequels, that is the thing that people want. - Let me ask you a question. - Okay. You love Kentucky Fried Chicken, right? - Mmm-hmm. - No. If you love Kentucky Fried Chicken, and I make Kentucky Fried Chicken, and I know that you love Kentucky Fried Chicken, why would I make another restaurant called, uh, I don't know, "Albuquerque Boiled Turkey"? - Okay? Makes no sense, homie. - Mmm-hmm. No sense. What am I gonna give you? A sequel. Kentucky Fried Chicken-Chicken, Part Two.
Free Guy