Playdate Poster Unveils Alan Ritchson and Kevin James as the Action Duo You Didn’t Know You Needed
Reacher star Alan Ritchson collides with comedy titan Kevin James in Playdate, a bruising Prime Video action comedy, and the just-dropped poster teases an unlikely duo barreling toward mayhem ahead of its November 12, 2025 streaming premiere.
Amazon just smashed together Reacher star Alan Ritchson and Kevin James in a dad-action comedy called Playdate, and I did not have that on my 2025 bingo card. The poster and trailer dropped today, and the movie hits Prime Video on November 12, 2025. Think: two stay-at-home dads, one normal afternoon, and then mercenaries show up. Because of course they do.
The poster: ball pit meets red lasers
Amazon's Prime Movies account rolled out the first poster on X on October 8.
It is exactly the chaos you are picturing: an extreme close-up of Kevin James and Alan Ritchson buried in plastic ball-pit balls while what looks like multiple targeting lasers dot their faces. Subtle? Not remotely. Fun? Kinda hard to argue with it, especially paired with the tagline screaming:
"PLAYTIME JUST GOT REAL"
The poster also locks in the streaming date: November 12.
The setup: dads, kids, and a sudden hail of bullets
The trailer, also released October 8 on Prime Video's YouTube channel, introduces Brian (Kevin James) and Jeff (Alan Ritchson), two stay-at-home dads meeting up for a low-key playdate with their boys. Then the quiet afternoon detonates: a group of mercenaries crashes the party, bullets whip overhead, and Jeff peels out with everyone in tow. From there it turns into car chases, shootouts, and a very bad day in suburbia.
The wrinkle that keeps it moving: the bad guys think Brian knows something about Jeff's past, so they start targeting Brian and his kids too. The footage leans into comedy more than you might expect; Ritchson, very much not doing his brooding Reacher thing, keeps it surprisingly breezy while everything explodes around him.
Who is in this and who made it
- Kevin James as Brian
- Alan Ritchson as Jeff
- Benjamin Pajak as Lucas (Brian's son)
- Banks Pierce as CJ (Jeff's son)
- Also along for the ride: Alan Tudyk, Sarah Chalke, Stephen Root, and Isla Fisher
- Director: Luke Greenfield (The Girl Next Door, Let's Be Cops)
- Writer: Neil Goldman (Scrubs, Community, Apple TV+'s Shrinking)
Release plan
Playdate is a Prime Video original and streams November 12, 2025. No theatrical detour mentioned, just straight to the service. For a pairing this oddball and a premise this simple, that actually makes sense.
If you have been waiting for the moment when Kevin James dodges gunfire in a ball pit while Alan Ritchson cracks jokes, your calendar just got an appointment.