PREVIEW: The Adam Project (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool), Walker Scobell (film debut), Jennifer Garner (Miracles from Heaven), Zoe Saldana (Guardians of the Galaxy), Mark Ruffalo (Foxcatcher), Catherine Keener (Being John Malkovich), Alex Mallari Jr. (Pay the Ghost)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Shawn Levy (Free Guy), director, producer; Jennifer Flackett (Little Manhattan), Mark Levin (Nim’s Island), T.S. Nowlin (The Maze Runner) and Jonathan Tropper (Kodachrome), writers; David Ellison (6 Underground), Dana Goldberg (Geostorm), Don Granger (Gemini Man) and Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool), producers; Rob Simonsen (Ghostbusters: Afterlife), composer; Tobias A. Schliessler (Friday Night Lights), cinematographer; Jonathan Corn (Fatherhood) and Dean Zimmerman (Real Steel), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In the future, Adam Reed (Reynolds) is a pilot who is selected for a top-secret mission to travel back in time and team with his 13-year-old self (Scobell) in order to set things right with their late father (Ruffalo), saving the future in the process. However, both old and young Adam must first learn how to cope with each other, and come to terms with their own differences…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Ryan Reynolds reteams with Free Guy director Shawn Levy for a time-travelling adventure that’s almost the polar opposite of last year’s hit action-comedy.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 11TH MARCH 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON NETFLIX

 

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