Renner is a 2025 American science fiction thriller film starring Frankie Muniz, Violett Beane, Taylor Gray, and Marcia Gay Harden. Directed by Robert Rippberger and written by Luke Medina and Martin Medina, it was released in limited theaters on February 7, 2025.
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Premise
Computer whiz Renner attempts to win over his neighbor Jamie with the help of an AI life coach he created named Salenus. However, he soon discovers that he inadvertently programmed his manipulative mother's personality into the AI.
Cast
Frankie Muniz as Renner, a computer genius
Violett Beane as Jamie, Renner's love interest
Taylor Gray as Chad
Craig Lamar Traylor as James
Estes Tarver as a henchman
Marcia Gay Harden as Salenus (voice), an AI life coach designed by Renner
Production
In May 2023, it was reported that Robert Rippberger would direct and produce the film. That same month Frankie Muniz, Violett Beane and Taylor Gray signed on to star. Marcia Gay Harden voices the AI named Salenus.
Principal photography began in Spring Hope, North Carolina at Ascent Studios in early June 2023.
Release
Renner was released in limited theaters in the United States on February 7, 2025 and was later released through VOD on March 28, 2025.
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 41% of 22 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 4.8/10.