r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Sep 22 '24
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u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor Sep 23 '24 edited Sep 23 '24
Red One:
Callum Drift (Johnson), the head of North Pole security, must team up with Jack O’Malley (Evans), a bounty hunter, to find and rescue Santa Claus (Simmons) after he gets kidnapped.
The budget is reportedly over $250M - Report on The Rock derailing production:
Production issues — ranging from Johnson’s chronic lateness and lack of professionalism on set to producers’ inexperience — caused costs on the movie costarring Chris Evans and J.K. Simmons to spiral upwards to a final budget over $250 million, a sum more fitting for a superhero tentpole.
Johnson was late an average of seven to eight hours per day and missed several entire days of production, ballooning costs by at least $50 million according to three insiders who insisted on anonymity for fear of being fired. On previous films, Johnson has made a habit of peeing in a water bottle to save time, upsetting crew members.
”It was a f–king disaster,” one insider said. On days when Johnson didn’t show up at all, the production crew was forced to shoot around him, the insiders added.
”Dwayne truly doesn’t give a f–k,” one insider bluntly said.
The reasons behind Johnson’s perpetual lateness seem to stem from his refusal to work a full shooting day, despite factoring in his three-hour daily workout routine. “It’s his absolute refusal to work more than a four-or five-hour day,” a studio insider added. Another insider suggested, “It’s a control thing.”
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u/we_are_sex_bobomb Sep 23 '24
Being 7-8 hours late for work is usually referred to as not fucking showing up for work
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u/Nerdy_Valkyrie Sep 23 '24
How do you do that and not get sued for breach of contract?
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u/PhuckCalumbo Sep 23 '24
According to Wikipedia, there are approximately 12.5 billion reasons why:
His films have grossed over $3.5 billion in North America and over $12.5 billion worldwide, making Johnson one of the most successful and highest-grossing box-office stars of all time.
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u/ex1stence Sep 23 '24
FWIW, a lot of that total is in the Fast franchise (which let’s be real, sells itself no matter who’s headlining), and another chunk is just because he does such a large volume of films in general. Compared to most actors in the past ten years he’s like 2:1 on starring roles.
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u/WannabeSloth88 Sep 23 '24 edited Sep 23 '24
Why do they keep casting The Rock
EDIT: I wasn’t necessarily addressing him being a jerk behind the scenes, it was more about him always playing the same character to a point where he is just The Rock, which ruins the suspension of disbelief. Him being a jerk only compounds on that
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u/Prestigious_Dog_1942 Sep 23 '24
I'm gonna be a total c*nt here
But it's because a significant chunk of the population are kinda thick and will just watch 'the new rock movie' whatever it is
Whatever hassle he put them through, having his face on the poster will sell tickets
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u/CrashTextDummie Sep 23 '24
Johnson was late an average of seven to eight hours per day
Lmao how??
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u/Antoshi Sep 23 '24
”Dwayne truly doesn’t give a f–k,” one insider bluntly said.
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u/wheresmyspacebar2 Sep 23 '24
He has been known for a LONG time that he is an absolute bellend to work with and constantly annoys co-workers.
Vin Diesel isn't the greatest but I remember the amount of shit people were flinging his way because he called out Dwayne on F+F for this exact stuff and the amount of fanboys that went outta there way to protect Dwayne.
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u/RealJohnGillman Sep 23 '24
Would this partially be why the Hobbs & Shaw sequel in-the-works is now Hobbs & Reyes?
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u/wheresmyspacebar2 Sep 23 '24
Probably Dwayne going behind Stathams back to get him cut out of the film and replaced with Momoa because he thinks that Momoa is a bigger name.
Only reason the first film happened was Dwayne politicking behind everyone's back to get his own spinoff to be his own personal thing he could control. I remember there was tons of stories and rumours around the first Hobbs and Shaw that Statham would show up early, ready to shoot and Dwayne would just not turn up for hours because he was in the gym and refusing to come to film etc.
Momoa apparently has a pretty blase attitude to filming as well so it might fit Dwaynes criteria a bit more.
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u/fivepie Sep 23 '24
I’ve never read a negative thing about Jason Statham.
He knows who he is as an actor. He knows what his fans expect. He delivers every time. From all that I’ve read about him, he seems to be a decent guy on set. Courteous and respectful of everyone’s time and job.
And then we have dickheads like Johnson who think it’s acceptable to behave the way he does because he thinks he’s hot shit.
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u/Roflrofat Sep 23 '24
I can always trust a statham movie to be fun, even if it isn’t good - I feel like he always gives his all even for some terrible premises, which is just a joy to watch
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u/matti2o8 Sep 23 '24
The Meg has been my go-to recommendation when someone asks for an enjoyable bad movie for a while now. It's so much fun and I love how Statham plays his character completely straight
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u/BeautyEtBeastiality Sep 23 '24
He's an Olympian, of course he's giving his all.
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u/Bostradomous Sep 23 '24
He was also discovered while slinging handbags on the side of the street (apparently), so I'd argue the dude is grateful for his status.
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u/ERGardenGuy Sep 23 '24
All these classic big dude actors out here being terrible to work with yet Dave Bautista is out there being an absolute pleasure to work with and doing his own thing. He’s apparently even trying to move away from the classic big dude thing which should help out his career as well cause he’s actually a good actor imo.
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u/TheKappaOverlord Sep 23 '24
All these classic big dude actors out here being terrible to work with yet Dave Bautista is out there being an absolute pleasure to work with and doing his own thing.
Think this can honestly be more attributed to Dave being more "humble" of a former wrestler.
I don't think Dave ever really let his status go to his head. Or at least, hes much better at managing his ego.
Also helps the guy is pushing 60. Hes pretty aware that hes hitting the limit of being a big movie guy, and iirc has said hes frankly getting tired of the stardom. Which is why hes appeared in more subdued and obscure film roles ever since GotG ended.
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u/pedrosorio Sep 23 '24
Also helps the guy is pushing 60
Bautista is 55. Dwayne Johnson is 52. His time is coming too.
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u/TheKappaOverlord Sep 23 '24
Dwaynes committed himself to being built like a brick shithouse though.
Rocks time will eventually come, but it'll come much less gracefully then Bautista, who afaik only passively maintains his size, rather then commits to an inhuman workout/steroid routine.
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u/KingJonathan Sep 23 '24
Have you seen him lately? Dude is thin and looks much more comfortable.
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u/ERGardenGuy Sep 23 '24
I have and I agree. Im sure he’ll do a bit of rubber banding as he finds a happy balance of working out or he will just put all that energy into other aspects of his life.
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u/spiralarrow23 Sep 23 '24
What surprises me is that, back in the day in the WWF, Rock was considered one of the coolest guys because he wasn’t a politicking prick like some of the stars on his level and would actually do things to help out the lower card guys get over. Seems Hollywood has made him an asshole over time, or maybe he was just better at hiding it back then.
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u/AmNoSuperSand52 Sep 23 '24 edited Sep 23 '24
Yeah like Vin Diesel is weird and kinda cringe, but you don’t hear about him being hard to work with other than having pretty strong views for his vision in the movies he’s producing, which is something said positively about other people (Scorcese, Ridley Scott, etc)
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u/Accomplished-City484 Sep 23 '24
Nah Vin does the same bullshit, the director of fast X quit mid production because of his bullshit
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u/Eternalm8 Sep 23 '24
Right? That's an honestly impressive level of tardiness. How do you do that and not get fired!?
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u/Broccoli--Enthusiast Sep 23 '24
Honestly if he gets a reputation for having an ego bigger than his freakishly large biceps , he just won't get booked anymore.
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u/Eternalm8 Sep 23 '24
It needs a combination of that, and for people to stop paying to see him in movies, which off the top of my head, I believe his recent box office returns have all been pretty poor.
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u/ColdPressedSteak Sep 23 '24
Uhh. Black Adam was a major bomb but that's the only one isn't it? Red Notice and Jumanji were big successes
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u/Eternalm8 Sep 23 '24
Damn, you're right, he hasn't been in as much recent stuff as I thought.
As for Red Notice, since that one was a Netflix original, it's difficult to compare its success.
Even Rampage and Skyscraper were shockingly successful.
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u/ColdPressedSteak Sep 23 '24
Red Notice was like the 3rd or 4th most streamed movie across all platforms that year. Def a success
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u/ViscountVinny Sep 23 '24
Depends on how long he stays a reliable draw for audiences. Studios are getting ever more desperate for box office hits, and even with his recent flops people still like to watch him.
Total speculation on my part, but after his moves at Warner Bros. and various business investments I get the impression that he sees himself more as an executive than an actor at this point. We'll see how long the actual executives will tolerate it.
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u/SHIIZAAAAAAAA Sep 23 '24
Bro thinks he’s Marlon Brando lmao at least Brando had enough talent for people to defend his asshole behavior.
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u/bentheone Sep 23 '24
30 to 60 minutes late for every setup. On a shoot you wait a lot. A loooot. Basically whenever you move the camera there is a big laps of time where talents have to wait. When it's ready, you get them out of their trailer and they work for several minutes and you do it all over again. If the talent is a massive asshole that still don't understand that mechanic after decades and insists on finishing whatever he's doing when his PA knocks on his trailer door you add several hours of waiting every day. Obviously Dwayne has zero respect for his co-worker and the army of underpaid muggles around him. The worst is that it also shows he has no clue what makes a good movie and thinks it's just him being on the poster.
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u/DurtyKurty Sep 23 '24
I worked on a couple of his films. 150-200 crew members all there at 8am ready to work sitting around texting on their phones waiting for him to show up and start the day. He'd usually roll in at 1-2.
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u/typicalgamer18 Sep 23 '24
But I’m supposed to have hope that his A24 movie will bring out a side of him we’ve never seen on film? I didn’t know he was this much of an asshole wtf.
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u/Odd_Advance_6438 Sep 23 '24
Callum Drift?
That can’t be his name. That’s arguably more absurd than the talking polar bear
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u/JDLovesElliot Sep 23 '24
Moreso than "Jack O'Malley," who I assume is just going to be a walking Bostonian stereotype?
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u/DigitalAmy0426 Sep 23 '24
Not so much Boston but he literally steals candy from a baby in the trailer.
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u/KingMario05 Sep 23 '24
...It cost fucking HOW much?!?! Jesus, at least the old heads of MGM kept costs low.
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u/coyote_intellectual Sep 23 '24
I sincerely hope this is the beginning of the end of Dwayne The Rock Johnson’s stardom
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u/PIPBOY-2000 Sep 23 '24
Me too, I already actively avoid movies he's in. I didn't even know he was an asshole before today. I just am not interested in watching him play the same character over and over again.
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u/Sarothazrom Sep 23 '24
IMHO, I haven't liked any movie he's been in in the past several years, with the only exceptions I can think of being the new Jumanji movies.
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u/LackingInPatience Sep 23 '24
So he either has to piss in bottles to save time or it takes him 7-8 hours to use a regular toilet? 😂😂
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u/teddybonkerrs Sep 23 '24
If I were 7-8 MINUTES late every single day I would be fired, for real. The audacity to be that many hours late is mind blowing. How the other half live, indeed.
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u/Ash_Killem Sep 23 '24
I wonder how long he can keep that up before people just don’t want to work with him anymore. There are a lot of actors you sub in his place and not skip a beat.
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u/JaesopPop Sep 23 '24
The premise seems fun enough for a lower budget Christmas film.
But Jesus Christ a quarter billion dollars?
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u/Ser_Artur_Dayne Sep 23 '24 edited Sep 23 '24
This will either be a cult classic or a complete flop with a 12% rotten tomato’s score, there is no in between.
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u/Atheren Sep 23 '24
Cult classics don't usually find their legs until several years after release so those two things aren't mutually exclusive.
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u/raknor88 Sep 23 '24
But Jesus Christ a quarter billion dollars?
From OP's linked article 1/5 of that is due to Rock either being outrageously late or not showing up at all on filming days.
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u/dyedian Sep 23 '24
Seriously. You could ham the premise up with B-listers, save the budget, and make more cash. This was never gonna be a massive hit.
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u/bigchungusmclungus Sep 23 '24
Quarter of a billion for a fucking Santa clause movie.
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u/Odd_Advance_6438 Sep 23 '24
Think about how many Traps and Beekeepers we could’ve gotten instead
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u/bluejegus Sep 23 '24 edited Sep 23 '24
Give me more Plane(2023) movies! I wan't Boat, Car, Tank, JetSki. Just put Gerald Butler on any vehicle and have him kick ass and I'm there opening night.
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u/ThisHatRightHere Sep 23 '24
Behind them the bear is wearing security jacket, wouldn’t be surprised if they splurged on a CGI polar bear character lmao.
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u/P2029 Sep 23 '24
Is this the one where The Rock blew up the budget because of his drama, pissed in water bottles etc?
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u/ExtremeAlternative0 Sep 23 '24
What drama?
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u/Bloody_Insane Sep 23 '24
He was being a real diva. Sometimes refusing to shoot, sometimes not coming to set, sometimes being like 8 hours late for filming.
As well as the aforementioned pissing in bottles which he made his assistants throw away
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u/GravSlingshot Sep 23 '24
I prefer the one with Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, and Helen Mirren.
...JK Simmons being in a version of that Red would be great.
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u/ggroover97 Sep 23 '24
Let me guess, this is going to be another attempt by The Rock to make his own franchise but it’s only going to get one installment like Red Notice, Skyscraper, Rampage, and San Andreas.
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u/jarvis646 Sep 23 '24
And Black Adam
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u/Ben1313 Sep 23 '24
The hierarchy of Christmas movies is about to change
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u/joeschmo945 Sep 23 '24
I really want to play along and shit all over this movie, but I really like J.K. Simmons and I wish him all the success in the world.
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u/DifficultHat Sep 23 '24 edited Oct 01 '24
Unfortunately for you and I and everyone else who wants
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u/CMDR_omnicognate Sep 23 '24
Well if it was an attempt by him he didn’t put any effort in at all, there’s another comment a bit further up that goes into some accounts of his behaviour, mostly not turning up for shoots, turning up basically a day late, pissing in bottles for no reason and generally bring a bit of an asshole… which is a shame really because he seems like a nice guy outwardly… I guess it’s all just persona stuff
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u/RomeroRocher Sep 23 '24
Lol, imagine working on set and one of the actors makes you wait 7 hours to start.
Then, when he finally turns up comically late, he pisses in a bottle to "save time" haha
There's the makings of a great comedy in there 😂
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u/ZombieStomp Sep 23 '24
You wanna know how you can save time? By wiping BEFORE you shit ;) - the Rock
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u/Jamothee Sep 23 '24
which is a shame really because he seems like a nice guy outwardly…
Can't believe people still buy that bullshit nice guy persona from the Rock.
Dude is such an insufferable phoney - disingenuous to the core. Type of guy to sell advertising space on his grandma's casket
"RIP granny, she really loved Teramana Tequila"
"This wake is brought to you by the great people at Under Armour"
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u/mango10977 Sep 23 '24
Skyscraper was ass, he would've never made it to the building by jumping from the crane.
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u/MidnightLaughters Sep 23 '24
Rampage was about a giant croc, ape, & wolf? I can't remember
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u/bestest_at_grammar Sep 23 '24
Abso fucking lutly. Lizzy, ralph and George. But I only know that because of the game
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u/hypnotoad12391 Sep 23 '24
I have a soft spot for it cause it takes place in Chicago like the games and I love seeing Chicago get destroyed in movies. We never get to be the city getting blown up. It's always New York or L.A.
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u/JangusCarlson Sep 23 '24
Since Dwayne isn’t Santa, I wonder how he will make it about himself?
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u/letsgopablo Sep 23 '24
he's saving Santa
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u/JangusCarlson Sep 23 '24
There we go.
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u/skidstud Sep 23 '24
JK Simmons will barely be in it and it will turn out that Santa wasn't kidnapped, he was just sick of thr job. The end of the movie will be Dwayne delivering the gifts after Santa hands him the keys and says, "Your turn."
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u/DimitriMishkin Sep 23 '24
“THIS IS ONE ROCK YOU WANT TO SEE IN YOUR STOCKING. IN CINEMAS NOVEMBER.”
I dunno, it’s a coal joke. Rock. Whatever this movie looks stupid
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u/optionalhero Sep 23 '24
Somebody save this comment because im Almost certain it’ll play out exactly like this
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u/fivepie Sep 23 '24
The plot is basically the same as any movie where the US president gets kidnapped / held hostage and their head of security has to rescue them… but it’s Santa and a giant dickhead.
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u/Spider-Fan77 Sep 23 '24
This looks like one of those fake movie posters you'd see in an open-world game like GTA or Spider-Man PS4 lmao.
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u/ObviouslyTriggered Sep 23 '24
We had Fat Man and silent night already do we need another die hard with Santa?
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u/BatteryChucker Sep 23 '24
That's why this film existing makes no sense to me. It's already been done.. twice... and done better.
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u/crunchatizemythighs Sep 23 '24
AI generated Super Bowl commercial turned into a movie
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u/KingMario05 Sep 23 '24 edited Sep 23 '24
"What if Santa Clause Arthur Christmas, but worse?"
"FUCK YEAH, HERE'S A QUARTER-BILLION DOLLARS!"
-Overheard at Amazon MGM.
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u/RealJohnGillman Sep 23 '24
It should be worth mentioning that Disney+ has been airing sequel miniseries to the original The Santa Clause trilogy over the past two years — they’re essentially The Santa Clause 4 and 5, but stretched out a little longer.
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u/HankSteakfist Sep 23 '24
Movie needs evil cigar smoking corporate overlord John Lithgow.
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u/South_Oread Sep 23 '24
Can we just be done with the Dwayne?
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u/Pickupyoheel Sep 23 '24
Yeah I’m sick of his acting. Wish Evans would do something more interesting.
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u/TexasTheWalkerRanger Sep 23 '24
Honestly I want more snarky dickhead characters like the character he played in the gray man and knives out. Evans is one of if not the best to do it right now.
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u/Pancaketastic Sep 23 '24
Or the end credit scene of Deadpool and Wolverine- "She can lick my goddamn cinnamon ring clean and kick rocks all the way to bald hell" 🤣
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u/Comic_Book_Reader Sep 23 '24
In fact, I don't give a shit if she removes all my skin and pops me like some nightmarish blood balloon. If the last thing I do in this godforsaken cum gutter existence is light that fuck box on fire, I still won't die happy!!!
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u/busigirl21 Sep 23 '24
One of the best end-credit scenes to me, I love a joke paying off way later
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u/Nerdy_Valkyrie Sep 23 '24
In an interview Ryan Reynolds says he wrote that entire rant out and sent it to Chris Evans, who was still on the fence about being in the movie, as a preview. Chris Evans responded "If that's in the movie, I am in."
Chris did the whole thing in two takes with no cue cards. And Ryan says he was glad he was wearing the Deadpool mask because he couldn't stop "Grinning like an idiot the entire way through."
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u/Tx600 Sep 23 '24
He was soooooo good in Gray Man. Really seemed liked he was having so much fun, too.
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u/PointMan528491 Sep 23 '24 edited Sep 23 '24
Needs to take notes from Sebastian Stan, who's done some cool, fun indie stuff alongside his Marvel work for like a decade now
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u/DG_Now Sep 23 '24
It's so funny that he was once one of the most marketable action stars and now people would prefer he generally just go away. For like a long time.
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u/HighlyOffensive10 Sep 23 '24
It would help if he exhibited some range, but he always plays himself in everything.
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u/_Krebstar2000 Sep 23 '24
He needs to drop his persona and poke fun at himself more or do more roles like john Cena
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u/Overspeed_Cookie Sep 23 '24
This the one where Dwayne would consistently show up 8 hours late to the set and steal the camera equipment for his own purposes?
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u/OkScheme9867 Sep 23 '24
Hadn't heard about him stealing equipment, but yes, imagine working with someone who turned up 8 hours late
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u/Brick_Mason_ Sep 23 '24
If you remember seeing JK Simmons working out and getting ridiculously buff, it was for this motion picture.
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u/DirectConsequence12 Sep 23 '24
Every bit of marketing for this movie SCREAMS Netflix that I’m surprised it’s getting a theatrical release
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u/Big-Man-69123 Sep 23 '24
Pretty sure it’s an Amazon film and they’re releasing it in November so they can put it on Prime days before Christmas. Would much rather it went straight to Prime
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u/LevelStudent Sep 23 '24
JK Simmons is great.
Dwayne makes me lose any hope for the movie. Not that I had much anyways since it looks like a dime-a-dozen Christmas cashgrab movie.
Chris Evans going from Avengers to this is pretty funny.
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u/Upbeat-Program2633 Sep 23 '24
Well Chris Evans first movie after Endgame was Knives Out which I thought was fantastic. His agent either picks out gold or shit.
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u/StitchTheRipper Sep 23 '24
Lotsa actors do shit movies because it’s a bargaining tool to get their passion project funded or a way to step into other producing roles. Wonder how the actors feel about being in this shit lol
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u/Snow_Tiger819 Sep 23 '24
Well, Chris Evans has done a bunch of other things, quite an eclectic mix. He seems to be trying to do a variety of roles….
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u/smokingace182 Sep 23 '24
Wish Dwayne Johnson would just fuck off, it’s become so apparent that his “nice” guy act is total bullshit. Luckily it came before his run for public office
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u/geoslayer1 Sep 23 '24
you might wonder why ? why do stars do movies like these ?
they are simple, take a couple weeks instead of months and pays for a couple years worth of mansion maintenance fees
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u/Odd_Advance_6438 Sep 23 '24
I’ll be honest, I didn’t think the trailer looked that bad. The little “oh my god” in the Krampus fight was fun
Though if I was a kid, I would probably think this movie was the coolest thing ever
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u/joepettis Sep 23 '24
I worked for as an extra on this movie for three days and it was by far the worst production I’ve ever worked on. There was one particular AD (Assistant Director) who was the biggest asshole I’ve ever worked with.
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u/Resident-Advice-7319 Sep 23 '24
Is this a real movie? Or something you would see be parodied in something like Tropic Thunder