Deadpoolstar Ryan Reynolds has joined forces with Netflix again for the upcoming sci-fi movie,The Adam Project, and the actor has now shared our first official look at the time travel adventure.The Adam Projectreportedly began production this month in Vancouver, with Reynolds offering the first glimpse at the movie in an image that features the action star alongside child actor Walker Scobell, who plays the 13-year-old version of Reynolds in the movie.
“And away we go… shooting has begun on The Adam Project for @netflix. This is a dream cast and crew. Happy to be back in the sturdy arms of my friend, life coach, and director, @slevydirect.”
The Adam Projectcenters on Adam Reed, age 13, as he continues to grieve the sudden death of his father a year earlier, when, one night, he walks into his garage to find a wounded pilot hiding there. This mysterious pilot (Ryan Reynolds) turns out to be the older version of himself from the future, where time travel is in its infancy. He has risked everything to come back in time on a secret mission and together they must embark on an adventure into the past to find their father, set things right, and save the world.
TheNetflix original moviewas originally set up eight years ago over at Paramount, during which timeMission: Impossiblestar and Hollywood icon Tom Cruise was attached. Since then, the script has gone through several rewrites, with the most recent iteration being penned byIrreplaceable YouandBansheescreenwriter Jonathan Tropper. Recently scooped up by Netflix,The Adam Projectwill see Reynolds once again team-up withFree Guydirector Shawn Levy, and has David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, and Don Granger on board as producers.
Avengers: EndgamestarMark Ruffalo recently signed onto the projectalongside Oscar-nominated actress Catherine Keener, with Ruffalo set to star as Reynolds' dad, a brilliant physicist, with Keener on board as the movie’s villain, who has stolen powerful technology from him.The Adam Projectalso starsGuardians of the Galaxystar Zoe Saldana as Reynolds' fighter pilot wife, andAlias’Jennifer Garner, who is set to play the mother of Adam at age 13.
The Adam Projectwill also be the first movie to featureRyan Reynolds' Group Initiative Project, which aims to develop talent from underrepresented groups in Hollywood in the name of diversity and inclusion. The actor announced the initiative over the summer, stating that he would find between 10 and 20 trainees from marginalized communities, regardless of age, and pay to house and train them for his next movie.
Reynolds has several high-profile projects in the pipeline alongsideThe Adam Project, including Netflix’s big-budget action flickRed Noticealongside Dwayne Johnson and Gal Gadot, and the video game-inspiredFree Guy, directed by Shawn Levy. It was also announced recently that Reynolds will once again be suiting up as Marvel anti-heroDeadpool, with Wendy Molyneaux and Lizzie Molyneaux-Loeglin signing on to write the script for the highly anticipated comic book threequel.
The Adam Projectdoes not yet have a release date, but it is expected to drop on Netflix sometime in 2021. This comes to us courtesy ofRyan Reynolds' official Instagram account.
