Ryan Reynolds
John Krasinski Casts Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Jon Stewart, Maya Rudolph and Sam Rockwell in ‘If’
John Krasinski has more answers for the who, what and when regarding his feature film project If. The multihyphenate turned up in Las Vegas on Thursday to make an extended appearance inside Caesars Palace during Paramount Pictures’ studio presentation at CinemaCon. First, he helped debut the first-ever look at A Quiet Place: Day One, the next […]
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Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney’s Wrexham Earns League Promotion
Wrexham secured promotion to the fourth tier of English soccer on Saturday, achieving the first part of the dream of celebrity owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney. The Hollywood actors were among a crowd of more than 10,000 at the Racecourse Ground in north Wales to see Wrexham clinch the National League title with a […]
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Streaming Service FuboTV Rebrands as Fubo, Ryan Reynolds’ Maximum Effort Leads Branding Effort
The sports-focused streaming virtual multichannel video provider(vMVPD) FuboTV is rebranding itself. The company will now be called Fubo (no more “TV”), and is launching a new marketing and branding effort to help it grow market share in an increasingly competitive environment. The company will launch the new campaign, with the tagline “If Sports Fans Built […]
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Ryan Reynolds’ Mint Mobile Sells to T-Mobile in $1.3B Deal
Actor and producer Ryan Reynolds has cut his first billion-dollar deal. Mint Mobile, the wireless firm that counts Reynolds as a minority owner, has been acquired by wireless giant T-Mobile in a deal that could value the startup firm at $1.35 billion (the actual payout will depend on the performance of the brands before and […]
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How Ryan Reynolds Made Up a Hollywood Legend, Otto Desc, in Oscars Advertising Campaign
It turns out Otto Desć wasn’t a Hollywood legend after all. After a pair of pseudo-documentary spots featuring actor and director Elizabeth Banks, actor Ron Perlman, VFK supervisor Paul Lambert and cinematographer Mandy Walker aired earlier in the evening during the 2023 Oscars, the program finally revealed that all was not as it seemed. Otto Desć was, […]
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Jonathan Krisel in Talks to Direct ‘Pokémon: Detective Pikachu’ Sequel
Jonathan Krisel, the co-creator of the IFC series Portlandia, is in talks to direct the Pokémon Detective Pikachu sequel for Legendary Entertainment, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. The 2019 original, directed by Rob Letterman, followed voice star Ryan Reynolds in the title role, with Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom‘s Justice Smith co-starring as a young man named Tim who has given […]
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Ryan Reynolds to Star In, Produce Comedy ‘Boy Band’ for Paramount (Exclusive)
Ryan Reynolds wants it that way. The prolific A-lister has set up feature comedy Boy Band at Paramount, which reunites him once again with frequent collaborator Shawn Levy. Reynolds is attached to star and produce the project, which he also co-wrote with Jesse Andrews, the scribe who penned Me and Earl and the Dying Girl […]
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‘Deadpool 3’ Casts ‘The Crown’ Star Emma Corrin
Deadpool 3 is casting up. Emma Corrin is joining Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in the feature, Reynolds announced Tuesday on Twitter. “New addition to the family! The Deadpool family, for clarity,” Reynolds wrote. “Which is just like a real family except with less swearing… Welcome, Emma Corrin! Character details were not revealed, but is […]
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Samantha Bee to Host Canadian Screen Awards Special
Samantha Bee is set to host a Canadian Screen Awards one-hour special. The country’s national film and TV awards will not be broadcast or streamed live this year, as happened pre-pandemic. Instead, the former host of Full Frontal with Samantha Bee will emcee a pre-taped, one-hour special, The Canadian Screen Awards with Samantha Bee. The […]
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Ryan Reynolds, Simu Liu, Catherine O’Hara to Receive Honorary Canadian Screen Awards
Ryan Reynolds, Simu Liu and Catherine O’Hara are set to receive special awards at the Canadian Screen Awards, organizers said on Wednesday. The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television announced Reynolds will receive the 2023 Humanitarian Award. The Vancouver-born actor and his wife, actress Blake Lively, have backed a host of charitable causes like supporting […]
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‘Deadpool 3’ Director Shawn Levy Teases New Film’s Violence as “In Your Face and Hardcore”
Deadpool 3 director Shawn Levy has every intention of maintaining the same level of carnage that fans have come to expect from the first two films in the Ryan Reynolds-led franchise. Levy gave an update to Collider about the process of working with Reynolds and screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick on the third Deadpool […]
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Ryan Reynolds, Will Ferrell on the Challenges of Singing and Dancing in ‘Spirited’: “Oh Boy, Now I Have to Put It All Together”
The Apple holiday movie Spirited not only reimagines the classic Christmas Carol tale from the ghosts’ perspective, but it’s also a musical, forcing stars Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell to brush up on their singing and dancing for the film. The pair have spoken about the difficulty of performing in new ways and the extensive […]
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