Chris Evans is set to join Dwayne Johnson in Red One. No, this isn’t a sequel to Johnson’s Red Notice (that one already has TWO on the way); this is a holiday action-adventure movie that’s set up at Amazon Studios.
Amazon acquired Red One in a competitive bidding war back in June 2021, with Johnson on board to both star in and produce via his Seven Bucks Productions banner.
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No character or plot details have been released thus far, apart from it being classified as a Christmas Movie. Producer Hiram Garcia, who came up with the original story, described Red One as “an epic, edge-of-your seat, action-adventure that takes beloved holiday mythology and turns it on its head.”
Johnson took another stab at teasing the plot, posting today on social media: “Think MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET meets HOBBS & SHAW with a little bit of ITS A WONDERFUL LIFE sprinkled on top.”
Directing Red One will be Jake Kasdan, whose credits include Johnson movies Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle and Jumanji: The Next Level, as well as comedies Bad Teacher, Sex Tape, and Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. The script comes from Chris Morgan, who penned seven films in the Fast and Furious franchise, including Johnson-Statham vehicle Hobbs & Shaw.
We’ll keep you up to date as this big project comes together.
Deadline broke the news of Evans’ casting.
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