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Ryan Reynolds' Kid Is Getting Abducted

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With Taken revitalizing the protective father thriller genre in ways Mel Gibson's insisting shouting never could, Hollywood bottom-feeders Nicolas Cage and Brendan Fraser have both recently been handed a shot at proving their parental love through action conventions. Now, a younger dad with his own natural hair and a stricter sit-up regimen is rising up to the challenge.

THR reports Ryan Reynolds has joined Queen of the Night, a thriller from fellow Canadian Atom Egoyan. Details are scarce, but the screenplay--from Egoyan and co-writer David Fraser--is said to see Reynolds playing the father of an abducted child. PLEASE GIVE HIM BACK HIS SON, EH? Something like that.

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