How Gen Z and Gen Alpha Are Saving Moviegoing; 10 Questions With Colin Hanks and Ryan Reynolds
The documentary explores Candy’s life and legacy with interviews from friends and collaborators, while Reynolds says his father’s death at 5 shaped his persona.
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Ryan Reynolds & Colin Hanks On Their Documentary ‘John Candy: I Like Me’
Over the course of his incredible career, comedian and actor John Candy gained countless fans around the world. Among them was a young kid growing up in Vancouver named Ryan Reynolds. The future star of the Deadpool movies first took notice of fellow Canadian Candy on SCTV, the sketch comedy show that would launch some of comedy’s greatest talents including Candy, Eugene Levy, Martin Short, Dave Thomas and Catherine O’Hara. Decades after Candy…
You Won’t Watch John Candy Movies the Same Way After Seeing Colin Hanks’ New Documentary
Ahead of the festival's opening night world premiere of "John Candy: I Like Me," filmmaker Hanks told IndieWire about the challenges of making a doc about someone universally beloved — and the many surprises along the way.
How Gen Z and Gen Alpha are Saving Moviegoing; 10 Questions With Colin Hanks and Ryan Reynolds
On today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, we hear from top movie marketers who discuss the uptick in Gen Z and Gen Alpha moviegoing that is helping to drive this spring’s strong box office. And Variety’s Michael Schneider brings us a bonkers “10 Questions With” Colin Hanks and Ryan Reynolds, who collaborated on the 2025 […]
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