free guy

Exclusive Q&A with Free Guy Director Shawn Levy

By Zach Johnson It’s a new world. 20th Century Studios’ epic adventure comedy Free Guy releases in theaters this Friday, August 13. Directed by the prolific Shawn Levy, from a screenplay by Matt Lieberman and Zak Penn and a story by Lieberman, it stars Ryan Reynolds, Jodie Comer, Joe Keery, Lil Rel Howery, Utkarsh Ambudkar, …

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New and Returning Cast Announced for The Lion King and Aladdin on Broadway

By Zach Johnson The curtain is almost up! Disney Theatrical Productions, under the direction of Thomas Schumacher, today announced casting for The Lion King and Aladdin, returning to Broadway this fall. Both companies will welcome back nearly all of the cast members who were performing when Broadway shut down last March, along with exciting fresh …

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5 Fantastic Things to Watch This Week

By Zach Johnson This Wednesday, the producers of ABC News’ No. 1 rated 20/20 and Truth and Lies series unveil the all-new television event of the summer: Superstar. That same day, Disney Presents Goofy in How to Stay at Home and What If…? both premiere on Disney+. The following day, Hulu premieres the inspirational and …

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free guy

5 Reasons Why Free Guy Will Make You “Scream with Joy”

By Zach Johnson In 20th Century Studios’ Free Guy, a bank teller discovers he is actually a background player in an open-world video game and decides to become the hero of his own story… one he rewrites himself. Before the film opens in theaters Friday, we joined director Shawn Levy and stars Ryan Reynolds, Jodi …

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Star Wars: The Bad Batch Returning for Season 2—Plus More in News Briefs

By Courtney Potter Season 2 of Star Wars: The Bad Batch Coming to Disney+ Just this week, Disney+ announced it has ordered a second season of the critically acclaimed animated series Star Wars: The Bad Batch, set for launch in 2022. Yep, that’s right—Clone Force 99 is returning for another mission! “Fans have enthusiastically embraced the …

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Inside the Imaginative Second Season of Short Circuit

By Zach Johnson Short Circuit, Walt Disney Animation Studios’ innovative and experimental short film program that enables anyone at the Studio to pitch an idea and potentially be selected to create their own short, is marking the fifth anniversary of its inception with the exciting debut of five new shorts, exclusively on Disney+. The shorts …

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Spidey and His Amazing Friends

5 Fantastic Things to Watch This Weekend

By Zach Johnson Are your Spidey senses tingling? Marvel’s Spidey and his Amazing Friends—the first full-length Marvel series for preschoolers—debuts with back-to-back episodes Friday on Disney Channel and Disney Junior. For more adult Marvel fare, watch James Mangold’s Logan, starring Hugh Jackman as the titular character, later that morning on FX. The whole family will …

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what if...?

5 Things You Need to Know About Marvel Studios’ What If…?

By Zach Johnson Marvel Studios’ What If…? flips the script on the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), reimagining famous events from the films in unexpected ways. Creating a multiverse of infinite possibilities, the anthology series will debut exclusively on Disney+ on August 11. Directed by Bryan Andrews with AC Bradley as head writer, What If…? is …

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It’s Game On at the World Premiere of Free Guy

By Zach Johnson It wasn’t a good day—it was a great day for the world premiere of Free Guy! On Tuesday, stars Ryan Reynolds, Joe Keery, Lil Rel Howery, Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, and Camille Kostek were joined by director Shawn Levy for a walk down the red carpet at the AMC Lincoln Square in New …

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