Free Guy is a 2021 action comedy film directed and produced by Shawn Levy from a screenplay by Matt Lieberman and Zak Penn, and a story by Lieberman.
It stars Ryan Reynolds as Guy, a bank teller who discovers he is actually a non-player character in a massively multiplayer online video game and becomes the hero of the story,
Following a year-long delay as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was released theatrically in the United States three days later on August 13 in RealD 3D, IMAX, 4DX and Dolby Cinema formats by 20th Century Studios.
The film received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised the concept and compared it favorably to science fiction films and action video games such as Ready Player One, The Truman Show, The Matrix, Grand Theft Auto, and Fortnite.