EDITOR'S NOTE: Before the inevitable question comes up, I want to clear up that this movie
IS NOT based off of a comic character or comic book. I generally try to stay away from posting anything that doesn't fit within the superhero/comic movie boundaries, but I just couldn't help myself this time.
What this film does have is Ryan Reynolds playing a superhero. Actually, an imaginary friend that
just so happens to be a wise-cracking, arrogant superhero. Think Hannibal King... but without the cursing and with spandex.
The film is
Paper Man, and stars Jeff Daniels as a failed, middle-aged novelist who has never quite grown up and Emma Stone as a 17-year-old girl whose role in a family tragedy years earlier has stolen away her youth. It's being categorized as a 'dramety,' or equal parts drama and comedy.
Being the Ryan Reynolds fan that I am, I'm glad to see a film where he gets to use his unique comedic talent while sporting a cape. Here is the first trailer and a short scene from the film.