Are we facing the definitive Christmas action title?
After several problems in its production, Warner Bros and MGM (Metro Goldwyn Mayer) have finally released the first trailer of Red One. A Christmas movie that clearly focuses on action and humor, supported by a star-studded cast led by Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans. Both will have to form the antagonistic team that must rescue Santa Clausl and at the same time, save Christmas.
In the story, Johnson plays the security boss of the North Pole, who in addition to training the burly Santa Claus of J. K. Simmons He must lead the rescue after the tremendous failure in his position. But the action hero will not be alone, since he must count on the help of the best tracker in the world, the infamous bounty hunter played by Evans. Thus, fiction is presented as a buddy movie in which these two different personalities must collaborate, fighting against fantastic myths from the stories and using toys as real tools to fulfill his mission.
‘Red One’ trailer: Christmas action
Red One It is directed by Jake Kasdanresponsible of Jumanji: Welcome to the jungle and Jumanji: The Next Level, both starring Johnson. The actor has surrounded himself with regular collaborators to carry out this story adapted to the script by Chris Morganthe person responsible for writing most of the saga’s installments Fast & Furious. Morgan made his debut writing the libretto for Cellular, a remake that was, in parallel, one of Evans’ first approaches to the big screen. The original idea of the plot comes from Hiram Garciathe executive producer of Seven Bucks Productions, the film label with which “La Roca” signs most of its projects. The rest of the cast is made up of Kiernan Shipka (Mad Menu), Lucy Liu (Kill Bill), Bonnie Hunt (Rain Man), Nick Kroll (Do not worry dear) and Kristofer Hivju (Game of Thrones).
The first preview of Red One It seems like a clear bet to bring families together for the holidays, taking advantage of the commercial momentum of the time. An attraction full of special effects and fantastic elements that aim to be an attraction lucrative enough to compensate for its high budget. 250 million dollars. An investment that, on the other hand, can be seen in the initial trailer, where the digital effects are the garlands of this tree without too many pretensions beyond commercial exploitation. Outside of fiction, development has put Johnson in the eye of the storm. The former WWE wrestler, apart from pocket 50 million of cache dollars, was the subject of the controversy of a complicated shoot.
The problems with Dwayne Johnson
Red One has encountered several problems in development. The first of them last Strike of screenwriters and actors which prevented the film from reaching theaters on its original date, Christmas 2023. But above all, the blockbuster has been the subject of news and comments attacking the attitude of the star of Jungle Cruise on set. Apparently, the actor has been a disaster in terms of punctuality, showing up on set up to eight hours later than the scheduled filming schedule. A source from The Wrap confirmed the information by stating that Johnson was refusing to work ““more than four or five hours a day”thus skyrocketing the costs of the initial budget.
According to the information leaked a few months ago, another of the big problems would have been the reduced experience of Johnson’s own production company with García at the helm, against which the source would have been quite comfortable: “He went from making protein shakes of Dwayne to run his company.
When will ‘Red One’ be released?
Distributed by Warner for its arrival in theaters and with an exclusive future surely on Prime Video, Red One will reach theaters around the world next November 15. In the present 2024, Johnson will once again voice Maui in Moana 2while in 2025 will regain its prominence in Fast X: Part 2. Year in which he will also make the leap to A24’s independent cinema, starring in the biopic The Smashing Machine under the direction of Ben Safdie. Evans, for his part, will also bet on directors with an authorial profile next year, appearing in the Sacrifice by Romain Gavras, Materialist by Celine Song and Honey Don’t by Ethan Coen.
