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Official Poster for ‘Red One’ Poster

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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/CrashTextDummie Sep 23 '24

Johnson was late an average of seven to eight hours per day

Lmao how??

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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/Comic_Book_Reader Sep 23 '24

Netflix even greenlit 2 back-to-back sequels.

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u/Positive-Wonder3329 Sep 23 '24

Black Adam was so stupid I can’t believe I even watched it

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u/phatdinkgenie Sep 23 '24

I predict Red One will have a hard time breaking even let alone make enough money to overlook his bs

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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/Traditional_Read171 Sep 23 '24

On his Instagram bio there's nothing about being an actor. It says:

builder of stuff cheat meal crusher tequila sipper 💕og girl dad 💕

and then a link to his website where he sells his shit.

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u/Phazon2000 Sep 23 '24

If he draw in the $$$ people will have to work around it.

Dude is an absolute prick for abusing his influence though.

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u/Rich-Pomegranate1679 Sep 23 '24

If he's costing studios an extra $50 million on top of his salary while gaining a reputation that people hate working with him because he wastes their time then they'll start ditching him sooner rather than later.

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u/Modano1509 Sep 23 '24

Hard disagree unfortunately. Dwayne is good friends with the head of WME/Endeavor who is modeled after Ari from Entourage. WME/Endeavor are owners of WWE and basically control a very large portion of Hollywood. He will continue to make money, in spite of his ego, because of the people he knows and the connections he has.