Name: Ryan Reynolds comes alive in a video game in this trailer for 'Free Guy'
Uploaded: 2019-12-07T18:51:45+00:00
Description: Ryan Reynolds stars in 'Free Guy,' a movie that casts the 'Deadpool' star as a guy who realizes that he's a background character in a video game.

Ryan Reynolds comes alive in a video game in this trailer for 'Free Guy'

What if you were just a random NPC in a game that looks like Grand Theft Auto?

What if one of the random non-playable characters in the big, open Grand Theft Auto-style video game du jour suddenly attained sentience?

That's the question posed in Free Guy, a Ryan Reynolds action-comedy hitting theaters on July 3, 2020. Reynolds stars as a milquetoast bank teller who realizes one day that his life is an artificial construct and he's a random background player in some massive online game.

This first trailer highlights some clever humor built around familiar video game tropes. It also seemingly confirms that Taiki Waititi is the movie's villain. So if you need any further encouragement to check it out, there you go.

Adam Rosenberg

Adam Rosenberg is a Senior Games Reporter for Mashable, where he plays all the games. Every single one. From AAA blockbusters to indie darlings to mobile favorites and browser-based oddities, he consumes as much as he can, whenever he can.Adam brings more than a decade of experience working in the space to the Mashable Games team. He previously headed up all games coverage at Digital Trends, and prior to that was a long-time, full-time freelancer, writing for a diverse lineup of outlets that includes Rolling Stone, MTV, G4, Joystiq, IGN, Official Xbox Magazine, EGM, 1UP, UGO and others.Born and raised in the beautiful suburbs of New York, Adam has spent his life in and around the city. He's a New York University graduate with a double major in Journalism and Cinema Studios. He's also a certified audio engineer. Currently, Adam resides in Crown Heights with his dog and his partner's two cats. He's a lover of fine food, adorable animals, video games, all things geeky and shiny gadgets.