Ryan Reynolds Compares The Adam Project To Steven Spielberg's E.T.

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The promotional rollout for the upcoming Ryan Reynolds-led Netflix film The Adam Project continues to push ahead as the movie inches closer to its March release. TheDeadpool and Free Guy star noted the film's personal nature, likening the narrative filmmaking style of The Adam Project to old-school cinematic classics such as Steven Spielberg's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Back to the Future, and Goonies.

Netflix's The Adam Project reunites Reynolds with director Shawn Levy, who directed his previous theatrical outing Free Guy. The Adam Project will center around Reynolds as a time-traveling pilot from 2050 who teams up with his father and 12-year-old self in 2022 to save the future while equally mending bonds from the past. Early reviews on the original film have been positive, suggesting the duo may have created lightning in a bottle a second time around.

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While speaking with Variety, Reynolds discussed the upcoming sci-fi project and its connection to iconic cinematic classics from the '80s. «It felt like one of those big wish fulfillment movies with huge stakes and high concept, but it was really about something very personal as well, which is sort of what I loved about movies in the '80s — what I loved about 'E.T.' and 'Back to the Future,' and anything that Amblin did… 'Goonies,'» expressed Reynolds. Earlier released images from The Adam Project help paint the picture Reynolds articulates, but it will be interesting to see how it manifests itself in the film. «It just felt like it sort of harkened back to that kind of filmmaking, and in the period we live in right now, it felt timely,» he said.

«I always think of it like the Mary Pickford model,