Former Marvel star Chris Evans is taking his star power around the world, as he will be joining Dwayne Johnson in the upcomingRed One, a holiday action-adventure comedy film from Amazon Studios. Variety reports thatRed Onehas been in development fromAmazon Studiosand that the upcoming project will be based on an original short story by Hiram Garcia, president of production at Seven Bucks Productions. Reports describe the project as “a globe-trotting, four-quadrant action-adventure comedy, imagining a whole new universe to explore within the holiday genre.”
While there are of course not too many other details released due to the film being in early development, what is known is that Jake Kasdan will be directing the project. Kasdan, son of Lawrence Kasdan (writer forStar Wars: The Empire Strikes Back), is best known for his work on 2017’s Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungleand 2019’sJumanji: The Next Level(who worked with Johnson on both films).
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Red Onewill be written by Chris Morgan, who is best known forhis work on theFast and Furiousfranchise. With talents like Kasdan and Morgan on board to direct and write the film along with the star power of Evans and Johnson,Red Onewill surely add up to be one thrilling adventure film.
For Evans, after closing out his MCU career as Captain America inAvengers: Endgame, the actor has since been involved in many acclaimed works. He appeared in Rian Johnson’sKnives Outbefore starring in the legal dramaDefending Jacoband making other cameos in films likeFree GuyandDon’t Look Up.Evans will reunite withKnives Outco-star Ana de Armas in a new romantic action-adventure film titledGhostedwhile also gearing up tostar alongside Ryan Goslingand Armas (again) in Netflix’s upcomingThe Gray Man, the new spy thriller from Marvel directing duo Anthony and Joe Russo. He will also voice Buzz Lightyear in theToy Storyspin-off,Lightyear.
As for Johnson, he continues to cement himself as one of the biggest (if not THE biggest) stars in Hollywood. After starring inRed Notice, one Netflix’s most-streamed films to date, and Disney’sJungle Cruise, Johnson is tapping into the superhero genre in 2022, as he will voice Krypto the Superdog inDC League of Super-Petsandplay the anti-hero Teth Adam / Black Adam in DC’sBlack Adam. Luckily for fans of the two stars, they will be seeing a lot on the big screen (or small) in the coming months.
Red Oneis in early development.
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