Recently, (soon-to-be-owned by Disney) 20th Century Fox has shifted a number of release dates around including Free Guy, the Shawn Levy-directed pic that's headlined by Ryan Reynolds. The film focus on ann NPC character that realizes he's living in a video game. When he realizes that his online video game world is about to be shut down by the video game creators, he enlists the help of a real-world gamer to stop them. Previous reports stated that Reynolds' character is a bank teller in a particularly brutal open world action-adventure game.
In addition to Reynolds, the film also stars Killing Eve's Jodie Comer, Bird Box's Lil Rel Howery and Stranger Things' Joe Keery.
The film has been given a July 3, 2020 release date a strong signal that Fox believes they have a smash-hit on their hands. Stay tuned for further updates as Disney's pending acquisition of Fox could further tweak the film's production and release date.