did you prepare by enmeshing yourself in video games culture? no. yes and no. i mean, i i became as familiaras i i possibly could with the subject matter. i mean, i you know, in addition to matt lieberman and zak penn, i did a draft of the script, as well as shawn levy, so for the writing part, for sure, you know, you just had to be literate in in the gaming world. um, but i would do it enough just to to get to know it, but i also recognise the kind of slippery slope, because it s so much fun that you can reallyjust, you know, i could easily see myself blowing off walking the kids to school and and jumping into some fortnite instead. so, i had to sort of walk that that fine line between, you know, research and, you know, parent. and husband. reynolds in game guyjoins forces withjodie comer s levelled up real world player. i don t suppose this thing can fly? no.