Ryan Reynolds has established himself as one of the most popular actors in Hollywood due to the fact that he has been able to mix comedy with action successfully time and time again. The Canadian actor also continues to show his enthusiasm with more anticipated projects of different genres and styles.
2024 had been quite successful for Reynolds with Deadpool & Wolverine, and now the actor has set up a slate of movies that seems to explore his other aspects with the potential to create new franchises. Let’s take a look at 5 of his most anticipated upcoming films.
Animal Friends
Animal Friends will be one of the most intriguing projects that Ryan Reynolds is taking up. It will be a live-action/animation hybrid comedy and will be rated R, reportedly. As of now, the film is set for October 10, 2025, and features an impressive cast, including Jason Momoa, Vince Vaughn, and Aubrey Plaza.
Since the announcement of the movie in April 2023, several Hollywood stars have signed up for the project. Dan Levy became a cast member in February 2024, and later, Lil Rel Howery and Ellie Bamber joined the cast. Although the storyline has not been disclosed, the pairing of Reynolds and this talented cast gives a hint that something unique is in the pipeline.
Animal Friends‘ filming wrapped up on April 17, 2024, with Peter Atencio directing the movie on the script written by Kevin Burrows and Matt Mider. Originally, it was developed at Sony Pictures but was later shifted to Warner Bros. Pictures.
Mayday
Mayday will feature Reynolds with Kenneth Branagh, and it will make yet another action-adventure movie for Reynolds. The film is produced by Apple Original Films, Skydance Media, and Reynolds’ Maximum Effort production company, and the project finished shooting in Montreal on May 8, 2024, after beginning on March 4.
The film was written and directed by Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley. As for the story, the details are still under wraps. A global cast has signed up for the movie, including Maria Bakalova, Marcin Dorociński, Lovell Adams-Gray, Clark Johnson, and Alex Mallari Jr.
The movie was originally shot under the title Blackbird. With Reynolds and Branagh in the cast, Mayday might be one of the biggest releases for the streaming service of Apple.
Boy Band
Boy Band is an interesting shift for Reynolds, who not only acts in it but also co-writes it as a comedy about boy band members who plan on coming together for a reunion after years apart. It will be his fourth collaboration with Shawn Levy, after The Adam Project, Free Guy, and Deadpool & Wolverine.
This particular project has received a lot of interest from Reynolds, who revealed in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter that it is a story of redemption. “This would be about people in their 40s and 50s trying to get their lives back,” he said, adding that the film will depict how early fame affects former pop stars.
In his earlier conversation with Entertainment Weekly, the actor said that he is working on the second draft of the movie script, based on what he described as an “incredible” first draft by Jesse Andrews. Reynolds has also shared that the movie is going to be within a small budget with the intention of telling a good and compelling story. It will also reunite him with Will Ferrell, which adds some considerable comedy expectations to the project.
Calamity Hustle
Calamity Hustle will be a comedic action movie that will have Reynolds team up with Channing Tatum, and the movie is expected to give Warner Bros. new franchise material. The film will see Reynolds as a cop who has to chase his estranged criminal brother, who happens to be Tatum.
The project will be directed by Aaron and Adam Nee, and the early outline of the movie shares much in common with the action buddy cop film Lethal Weapon. According to Deadline, the movie is estimated to be made within $140 million, and the shooting locations will be New York, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas.
The holiday-season setting with big-scale action set pieces indicates Warner Bros. is expecting this as their potential blockbuster. Both Reynolds and Tatum are to be paid $25 million each, and more backend deals suggest the studio has high confidence in the market success of the film.
Everyday Parenting Tips
The idea of Everyday Parenting Tips, derived from Simon Rich’s The New Yorker short stories, has Ryan Reynolds in the role of a father who has to take care of his kid in a world invaded by monsters. However, the project has not been very highly publicized since it was announced in August 2020.
The goal is to combine family roles with elements of a monster movie, which could present a special kind of interest to both parents and fans of this genre. Although the plot details of the movie are scarce, the basic concept itself points to a different role for Reynolds.
There isn’t a lot of information provided on the project as of now, but it is still included in Reynolds’ list of films in development on IMDb, which may indicate that the project hasn’t been scrapped yet. The idea of monsters invading and parenting problems could be funny and, at the same time, reflect upon contemporary parenting.
Apart from these, Reynolds is rumored to appear in upcoming Avengers movies and is also possibly working on the sequel of Red Notice. However, these five upcoming movies in the process can mean that fans might see a different shade of Reynolds in the future.
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