Was a Box Office Failureĭespite having a star-studded cast and an awesome story adapted from the graphic novels, R.I.P.D. While there has been nothing shared about who will be manning the project, or the cast, it is hoped that the iconic duo of Jeff Bridges and Ryan Reynolds will be able to reprise their roles for the R.I.P.D. The movie was overall directed by Robert Schwentke ( Snake Eyes, The Divergent Series). The story and screenplay was written by Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi, with David Dobkin contributing to the story. featured a captivating cast with faces like Jeff Bridges as Roy Pulsipher, Ryan Reynolds as Nick Walker, Mary-Louise Parker as the Proctor, Kevin Bacon as Bobby Hayes, James Hong as Grandpa Chen, Robert Knepper as Stanley Nawlicki, and Stephanie Szostak as Julia. “When they uncover a plot that could end life as we know it, the new partners have to turn grudging respect into top-notch teamwork to restore the cosmic balance…or watch the tunnel to the afterlife begin sending angry souls the very wrong way.” The two headlined the supernatural action-adventure as two cops dispatched by the Rest in Peace Department (R.I.P.D.) to protect and serve the living from increasingly destructive spirits hiding among the unsuspecting living on Earth. In the afterlife, Nick Walker, a detective who used to work for the Boston Police Department, is hired by a director of a group of deceased police officers to fight against the renegade ghosts, reluctantly partnering with Roy.
The film starred Ryan Reynolds ( Deadpool) and Jeff Bridges ( The Old Man) as the main characters, Roy Pulsipher and Nick Walker. was released from Universal Pictures almost a decade ago, in 2013, and was a comic book adaptation of the 1999 comic by the same name by Peter M. 2: Rise of the Damned) is on the way from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment after almost a decade.