Netflix has been “all in” on original productions for years now. Their slate for 2021 though has shown unparalleled ambition by having a new release out every week of this year. The crown jewel of which is, undoubtedly, RED NOTICE.
The filmmakers behind upcoming action film production, Red Notice, have landed the project a new home at Netflix according to a Deadline exclusive on Monday. Universal Pictures originally acquired the film in an intense bidding war late last year before dating it for release next November.
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Gal Gadot is officially set to star in Red Notice for Universal Pictures. The film, which granted the studio its acquisition following a robust auction earlier this year will reunite the actress with actor Dwayne Johnson with whom she appeared in both Fast Five in 2011, and Furious 6 in 2013.
The film also reconvenes Johnson with Central Intelligence helmer Rawson Marshall Thurber who also directed Johnson’s next, Skyscraper. According to Deadline’s Mike Fleming Jr., Thurber reportedly flew less than 30 hours to London to personally pitch the film to Gadot who is currently production on the hotly-anticipated Wonder Woman sequel.
Story details aren’t public yet but the globe-trotting heist action comedy is slated to commence production next year in April with another male star attached. A June 12, 2020 release is set for the film which stands as one of several projects of late that Johnson has been a hot ticket item on along with next year’s releases Stephen Merchant-directed wrestling biopic, Fighting With My Family (March 2), and with David Leitch’s Fast spin-off with Jason Statham (August 2).
Johnson is currently shooting Jungle Cruise from director Jaume Collet-Serra for Walt Disney Pictures. Gadot’s Wonder Woman 2 opens for Warner Bros. Pictures on November 1, 2019.
Universal and Legendary have reportedly bested some of the biggest studios in Hollywood in a major bidding contest for the new action pic Red Notice, which made headlines late Wednesday with actor Dwayne Johnson attached to star. As Deadline notes in its exclusive on Friday, the studio is fast tracking the film as a potential tentpole for Johnson who has reorganized his schedule to begin rolling cameras for Red Notice next Spring for a 2020 release.
The news comes just days after the spectacular Super Bowl LII trailer involving for the July 13 3D release of Central Intelligence helmer Rawson Marshall Thurber’s Skyscraper in which Johnson stars. Red Notice reteams Johnson once again with Thurber who starts writing next week per the deal, earning him an eight-figure payday with Johnson getting $20 million. Plot details are scant while general information at Deadline (apart from The Hollywood Reporter‘s exclusive on Wednesday) describes the story as a globe-trotting two-hander heist thriller with Johnson to be joined by another star in due time.
Deadline’s Mike Fleming Jr. notes the haste and overall excitement of the deal is much ado with Red Notice reading as a “viable new IP with global appeal at a time when branded franchises are harder and harder to come by…”. Hence the 2019 start for Johnson who is also gearing up for two more theatrical releases in 2018, and is revving up with potential director David Leitch (Deadpool 2) for a spin-off of Universal’s Fast saga with Jason Statham among his already sizeable list of projects.
FlynnPictureCo and Seven Bucks Productions are producing Red Notice as they did Skyscraper, with Wendy Jacobson executive producing.
Red Notice refers to the highest and most serious INTERPOL notices (there are eight) and concerns the arrest of wanted criminals. While details of the plot are unknown, Johnson would play a man who works for the international police agency.
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