John Krasinski and Paramount not only brought Aliens looking for sounds Go to the theater this year.In May, the actor is directing (and writing) his first children’s movie, starring Ryan Reynolds if, Coming to the Super Bowl with a new trailer.
The upcoming film, cheekily introduced by “Krasinski” himself (definitely not Randall Park), stars Kelly Fleming as Bea, a woman who realizes she can see her imaginary friends. The kid, she and her neighbor (Reynolds) share the same qualities.As he explains, there’s a whole secret world imaginary friend (or IF), from talking marshmallows on fire to more traditional marshmallows like a bear (voiced by Lou Gossett Jr.) or the big furry purple guy played by Steve Carell’s “Blue “. It ended up being two people trying to find new children for the IFs, as their original creators had grown old, forgotten about or abandoned them.
If you watched Cartoon Network in the 2000s, this would be Very familiar and may remind you of Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends. Like that show, this will likely hit hard with younger viewers who may not have seen much (or anything) focused on imaginary friends, and in this way. For older viewers… who knows, a movie like this lives or dies on chemistry and humor.It has quite the cast including the likes of Emily Blunt, Maya Rudolph, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Bobby Moynihan. It’s easy to imagine a movie with this premise and cast being pretty good, right?
We’ll know exactly when if Releases May 17.
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