With “Red One” in 2023, the next mega-star vehicle driven by Dwayne Johnson is coming. Also in the new film from “Jumanji 2+3” director Jake Kasdan: cult “Spider-Man” actor and Oscar winner JK Simmons as Santa Claus!
A Marvel star is winning hearts as Santa Claus long before the Red One launches exclusively on Amazon Prime Video. Because now lead actor Dwayne Johnson has posted a first photo from the set in which we can see JK Simmons as Santa Claus – and in a very short time it’s worth a click on the heart button for more than a million users:
JK Simmons, a Marvel star? Well, he may not play Iron Man or Captain America, but he has achieved massive cult status in his wonderfully evil and hilarious secondary role as the boss of the Daily Bugle. After all, he played the legendary newspaper boss not only in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy, but later guest-starred in other formats like The Simpsons before finally returning to the big screen in “Spider-Man: There’s No Way Home”.
The Oscar winner (for “Whiplash”) has slipped into his iconic Marvel role for almost 20 years — and is therefore perhaps more of a Marvel star than some of the hero actors who, after one or two appearances, return from have. disappeared from the scene.
“Red One”: Dwayne Johnson’s next mega-franchise
You have to give Dwayne Johnson one thing: he knows exactly what his millions of fans want from him, and he probably understands the machinery of the dream factory better than almost anyone else in Hollywood. Because he not only hijacks movie franchises (“Fast & Furious”) or successfully revives them (“Jumanji”), but is now launching them himself on a large scale.
After Netflix’s megahit “Red Notice,” which is supposed to lead to at least two more movies, With 2023’s “Red One,” another Christmas movie franchise will now be announced. And that makes perfect sense. Because with streaming franchises, it’s always paid off in the past to release a new movie every year. And what better way to do that than with a Christmas movie?
It remains to be seen whether and at what intervals “Red One” will actually continue in the end, but even on a two-year run it definitely has the potential to create a holiday world that audiences can visit over and over again. to sink again. (Besides, one can never have too many Christmas movies!)
And the “Red One” actually has what it takes for a (further) success story. In addition to Johnson and Simmons, the star-studded lineup in front of the camera also includes Captain America actor Chris Evans, “Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina” star Kiernan Shipka, Lucy Liu (“Elementary,” “Charlie’s Angels”) and “Game.” Of Thrones”. “-Mime Christopher Hivju.
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With all the big names, however, one should not forget: Jake Kasdan. The son of the author of “Star Wars V – The Empire Strikes Back” Lawrence Kasdan began his career in the late 90s, when he directed a number of episodes of the cult comedy series “Football, full of life”.
And he directed the two most successful films of Dwayne Johnson’s career, “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” and “Jumanji: The Next Level,” which also starred the wrestling icon (some of the “Fast & Furious” – Movies with to be even more successful). In fact “Red One” might just be a hit…
Details about the contents of “Red One” are not yet available, are likely to come to light little by little now that filming has started. However, it will probably be a while before we see the movie or at least a first trailer. We assume that the “Red One” will appear in the Advent season of 2023, there is no official start date yet.
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