Ryan Reynolds Meets an Imaginary Friend Voiced by Steve Carell inIFTrailer Directed by John Krasinski

Mar. 15, 2025

Ryan Reynoldsis entering the magical world of imaginary friends.

The trailer opens up with Reynolds tiptoeing across a kid’s bedroom toward a closet door as the words, “What if everything you believed as a kid was real?” flash across the screen.

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Show goes on to ask, “What is happening?,” prompting Carell’s character to explain: “I’m an IF, get it? Imaginary friend.”

“We have to help them,” Fleming’s character replies. “Yes we do,” Reynolds adds.

Ryan Reynolds in “IF”.

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The film is about a girl who has superpowers that give her the ability to “see everyone’s imaginary friends” and uses her gift to “reconnect forgotten IFs with their kids,” according to a synopsis.

IFalso stars Louis Gossett Jr., and the trailer teases appearances fromEmily Blunt,Matt Damon,Maya Rudolph,Jon Stewart,Sam Rockwell,Awkwafinaand more.

The movie marks a reunion forCarell and KrasinskiafterThe Office. Krasinski toldEntertainment Weekly:“Oh my God,The Officereunion we’ve all been waiting for is in it. The truth is, Steve’s one of the most talented people on the planet. So whether I had ever worked with him before or not, I would’ve been gunning for him because I just had his voice in my head when I was writing Blue.”

IFis in theaters May 17.

source: people.com