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Playing with Fire is a 2019 American family comedy film directed by Andy Fickman from a screenplay by Dan Ewen and Matt Lieberman based on a story by Ewen. The film stars John Cena, Keegan-Michael Key, John Leguizamo, Brianna Hildebrand, Dennis Haysbert, and Judy Greer.
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Superintendent Jake Carson is the commanding officer of a group of smokejumpers in remote California woodlands. Carson is capable in a crisis and takes tremendous pride in his work, diving into dangerous situations to rescue civilians alongside his team - overtly loyal Mark Rogers, nervy and neurotic Rodrigo Torres and "Axe", a huge mute who carrie...
The film was announced in October 2018 when John Cena was cast to star in the film.Andy Fickman was hired to direct the next month. By January 2019, Brianna Hildebrand, Judy Greer, Keegan-Michael Key, Edoardo Carfora, Christian Convery, and John Leguizamo joined the cast.Rob Gronkowski was offered a role in the film but turned it down due to schedu...
Box office
Playing with Firegrossed $44.5 million in the United States and Canada, and $24.2 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $68.6 million. In the United States and Canada, the film was released alongside Doctor Sleep, Midway and Last Christmas, and was projected to gross $7–10 million from 3,125 theaters in its opening weekend. It made $3.6 million on its first day, including $500,000 from Thursday night previews. It went on to debut to $12.8 million, beating projections, and als...
Critical response
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 22% based on 73 reviews, with an average rating of 3.93/10. The website’s critics consensus reads: "Playing with Fire, sadly, is incinerated by the catastrophic inferno of its own sickening existence." Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 24 out of 100, based on 14 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an...
This is Nickelodeon's third collaboration with Walden Media, as well it being the first original project.This is the first Nickelodeon film (and also the first Paramount Pictures film) to include the 2019 MPA logo in the end credits.Playing with Fire: Directed by Andy Fickman. With John Cena, Keegan-Michael Key, John Leguizamo, Tyler Mane. A crew of rugged firefighters meet their match when attempting to rescue three rambunctious kids.
Dec 26, 2019 · Book tickets to watch Playing with Fire at your nearest Vue Cinema. Find screening times, runtimes and watch the latest Playing with Fire trailer here.
Playing with Fire is a 2019 American family comedy film directed by Andy Fickman from a screenplay by Dan Ewen and Matt Lieberman based on story by Ewen. The film stars John Cena, Keegan-Michael Key, John Leguizamo, Brianna Hildebrand, Dennis Haysbert, and Judy Greer, and follows a group of...
Oct 27, 2019 · Playing With Fire in US theaters November 8, 2019 starring John Cena, Brianna Hildebrand, Judy Greer, John Leguizamo. When straight-laced fire superintendent Jake Carson (John Cena) and his elite team of expert firefighters (Keegan-Michael Key, John Leguizam.
Nov 8, 2019 · Playing with Fire (2019) is a family comedy directed by Andy Fickman. It stars John Cena as a rugged firefighter who ends up taking care of three rambunctious siblings after rescuing them from a wildfire.
