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The Adam Project First-Look Images Reveal Ryan Reynolds Time Traveling with Himself

The Adam Project first look images Ryan Reynolds time travel Zoe Saldana
The Adam Project (L to R) Zoe Saldana as Laura and Ryan Reynolds as Big Adam. Cr. Doane Gregory/Netflix © 2021

Ryan Reynolds is great. There’s not much arguing that point, so let’s all enjoy first-look images at the upcoming Ryan Reynolds Netflix film, The Adam Project. In this film, Reynolds is a man who travels back in time in order to save the world with the help of his much younger self. The film is directed by Shawn Levy, re-teaming him with Reynolds after the surprisingly enjoyable Free Guy.

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The new The Adam Project first-look images don’t show off all that much sci-fi world-saving, instead focusing on the characters. We see Reynolds, playing Adam Reed, with his childhood self (Walker Scobell), who discovers him in his garage. Adam has traveled back during the infancy of time travel to find his father (Mark Ruffalo), who has recently died in childhood Adam’s time. Yeah, it looks like it’s going to get confusing, and of course, young Adam and old Adam don’t exactly get along. The emphasis here seems to be more character-driven than big action.

“In The Adam Project, Ryan and I aimed to combine a heightened time travel premise with grounded and relatable characters and themes,” said Levy. “We talk a lot about wish fulfillment being so critical to the movies we love and to the movies we want to make.”

Also starring in the film are Jennifer Garner, Catherine Keener, and Zoe Saldaña. The movie sat in development hell for a long while, even with Tom Cruise attached, until Netflix scooped it up in 2020 and got the ball rolling. Now they’ve set it for a release date for The Adam Project of March 11, 2022.

The Adam Project first look images Ryan Reynolds time travel Zoe Saldana

The Adam Project (L to R) Ryan Reynolds as Big Adam, Mark Ruffalo as Louis Reed and Walker Scobell as Young Adam. Cr. Netflix © 2022

The Adam Project (L to R) Zoe Saldana as Laura and Ryan Reynolds as Big Adam. Cr. Netflix © 2021

The Adam Project first look images Ryan Reynolds time travel Zoe Saldana

The Adam Project (L to R) Ryan Reynolds as Big Adam and Walker Scobell as Young Adam. Cr. Netflix © 2022

The Adam Project (L to R) Ryan Reynolds as Big Adam and Walker Scobell as Young Adam. Cr.Netflix © 2022

The Adam Project first look images Ryan Reynolds time travel Zoe Saldana

The Adam Project (L to R) Ryan Reynolds as Big Adam and Jennifer Garner as Ellie. Cr. Doane Gregory/Netflix © 2022

THE ADAM PROJECT – BTS of Shawn Levy and Ryan Reynolds. Cr: Doane Gregory/NETFLIX © 2022

The Adam Project (L to R) Walker Scobell as Young Adam and Ryan Reynolds as Big Adam. Cr. Doane Gregory/Netflix © 2021

The Adam Project first look images Ryan Reynolds time travel Zoe Saldana

The Adam Project (L to R) Zoe Saldana as Laura and Ryan Reynolds as Big Adam. Cr. Doane Gregory/Netflix © 2021

The Adam Project first look images Ryan Reynolds time travel Zoe Saldana

The Adam Project (L to R) Zoe Saldana as Laura and Ryan Reynolds as Big Adam. Cr. Doane Gregory/Netflix © 2021

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Matthew Razak
Matthew Razak is a News Writer and film aficionado at Escapist. He has been writing for Escapist for nearly five years and has nearly 20 years of experience reviewing and talking about movies, TV shows, and video games for both print and online outlets. He has a degree in Film from Vassar College and a degree in gaming from growing up in the '80s and '90s. He runs the website Flixist.com and has written for The Washington Post, Destructoid, MTV, and more. He will gladly talk your ear off about horror, Marvel, Stallone, James Bond movies, Doctor Who, Zelda, and Star Trek.
Matthew Razak
Matthew Razak is a News Writer and film aficionado at Escapist. He has been writing for Escapist for nearly five years and has nearly 20 years of experience reviewing and talking about movies, TV shows, and video games for both print and online outlets. He has a degree in Film from Vassar College and a degree in gaming from growing up in the '80s and '90s. He runs the website Flixist.com and has written for The Washington Post, Destructoid, MTV, and more. He will gladly talk your ear off about horror, Marvel, Stallone, James Bond movies, Doctor Who, Zelda, and Star Trek.

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