Ryan Reynolds-starrer Free Guy, which opened in the US and other countries earlier this month, is set to release in India on September 17, the film's distributor 20th Century Studios announced. The Shawn Levy directorial also features Jodie Comer, Lil Rel Howery, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Joe Keery, and Taika Waititi.

The film follows a bank teller, played by Reynolds, who discovers he is actually a background player in an open-world video game, and quickly decides to become the hero of his own story. Reynolds recently announced that a sequel has been greenlit for the action-comedy.

Free Guy has met with positive critical reception and has earned and currently holds an 82% rating on the review aggregation platform, Rotten Tomatoes, and has grossed over $175 million worldwide so far.