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“Free Guy” Co-Writer Zak Penn on The Art of the Re-Write

Zak Penn started his career on a high note when he sold his first script at age 23 and landed Arnold Schwarzenegger as the star. The thrill didn’t last long. Last Action Hero got re-written, Penn was relegated to a “story by” credit and the would-be blockbuster flopped at the box office. But Penn survived ...

By Hugh Hart  |  August 16, 2021
“Free Guy” Early Reactions Call Ryan Reynolds Action-Comedy Surprise of the Summer

It shouldn’t come as that big a surprise that director Shawn Levy’s action-comedy Free Guy starring reliably hilarious leading man Ryan Reynolds is getting some very positive early reactions. Still, it’s not like the film was on most people’s radars as the potential surprise comedy hit of the summer, but that’s precisely how Levy and Reynolds’ film is being ...

By The Credits  |  July 23, 2021
New “Free Guy” Teaser Sees Ryan Reynolds Ready to Take Control

Director Shawn Levy knows his way around comedy and action. On the action side of the equation, Levy’s helmed episodes of Stranger Things, the Duffer Brothers Spielbergian Netflix series about a group of kids discovering a parallel world and the monsters that live within it in their small Indiana town. For more broad, feel-good family ...

By The Credits  |  July 12, 2021