The action-adventure Christmas film is presently set for the 2023 vacation season.
There should be 11 extra months till the subsequent Christmas, however that did not cease Dwayne Johnson from displaying off a brand new have a look at his upcoming Amazon Studios movie Red One alongside his caroling accomplice, a jolly J.Ok. Simmons.
In the brand new picture, shared by Johnson on his Instagram, Johnson and Simmons are seen strolling collectively, in a pair of poses typical of the motion style. Simmons, who performs Santa Claus within the movie, is decked out in acceptable garb. However, his Santa outfit appears to be like slightly extra superhero-esque than the jolly man’s common apparel, with a leather-based overcoat and flak jacket-type shirt finishing the costume. Plus, Simmons is not any stranger to a Santa-style beard, having worn the look quite a few instances earlier than. Johnson, in the meantime, appears to be like cast-to-type in a leather-based outfit, full with a red-and-black jacket and a pair of fight boots.
“Santa the rockstar,” Johnson captioned the publish, referring to Simmons. “It’s an honor having his six. Another stable work week within the books on our Christmas film, Red One. Academy Award winner and coolest dude within the North Pole, J.Ok. Simmons bringing Santa’s large ol’ stunning coronary heart to life.” Johnson ended the publish by noting that there was nonetheless extra work on the movie to come back.
It’s unclear the place the pair are headed within the image, which is not any shock on condition that the main plot factors of the movie stay a secret. The logline from Amazon describes Red One as merely, “a globe-trotting, four-quadrant action-adventure comedy, imagining a complete new universe to discover throughout the vacation style.” Johnson, who will play a personality named Callum Drift, stated the movie was “Jumanji meets Miracle on thirty fourth Street meets Hobbs & Shaw.” Johnson will star alongside a heavy hitting ensemble forged of Chris Evans, Kiernan Shipka, Nick Kroll, Lucy Liu, and Bonnie Hunt.
This just isn’t the primary time {that a} glimpse of the movie is being seen, as Johnson has offered quite a few behind-the-scenes appears to be like in latest months. The Hollywood celebrity was forged alongside the announcement of the movie in June 2021, with the remainder of the forged boarding all through 2022. Filming was confirmed to have gotten underway in October 2022.
Red One can be directed by Jake Kasdan, reuniting him with Johnson from their time helming the Jumanji franchise. The screenplay was written by Chris Morgan, who produced the movie alongside Hiram Garcia, Dany Garcia, Melvin Mar, Johnson, and Kasdan by way of Amazon Studios, Johnson’s Seven Bucks Productions and Kasdan’s The Detective Agency.
An official launch date has not been introduced, however Red One is slated to be launched as a Prime Video unique through the 2023 vacation season. Johnson’s Instagram publish could be seen under: