Red Notice is an upcoming American action comedy thriller film written and directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber. It will star Dwayne Johnson, Gal Gadot, and Ryan Reynolds. This marks the third collaboration between Johnson and Thurber after Central Intelligence and Skyscraper. Universal Pictures had purchased distributing rights and scheduled it for release on November 13, 2020. However, on July 8, 2019, when Universal did not agree to the proposed budget, Netflix agreed to such terms and became the distributing company.
In the world of international crime, INTERPOL issues Red Notice, a global alert is issued to hunt down and capture the world's most wanted art thief. On February 8, 2018, the film (an action-comedy from Dwayne Johnson and writer and director Rawson Marshall Thurber) was developed as part of a bidding war consisting of major studios fighting for the rights.
Universal Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Legendary Entertainment, Netflix, and Sony Pictures were all considered. The $125–150 million film would be produced by Beau Flynn through his Flynn Picture Company, with Johnson, Dany Garcia, and Hiram Garcia through their Seven Bucks Productions banner along with Thurber's Bad Version Inc. with Wendy Jacobson executive producing.
On February 9, 2018, it was announced that Universal and Legendary won the bidding war in order to land the rights. Johnson was confirmed to be paid at least $20 million for the first time for this film. Principal photography began on January 3, 2020, in Atlanta, Georgia.
Production on the film was previously expected to start in April 2019 after Johnson wrapped production on Jumanji: The Next Level. On July 8, 2019, filming was delayed to begin in early 2020. A planned shoot in Italy was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic becoming more prominent in the country. On March 14, it was announced production was halted due to the pandemic. Academy Award-winning visual effects artist Richard R. Hoover (Blade Runner 2049) will serve as the overall visual effects supervisor for the film.
Netflix has just locked what is arguably its biggest commitment to a feature film. In a dramatic switch of distributors for a tentpole-sized star package, Netflix has greenlit and set a 2020 production start for the Rawson Marshall Thurber-directed and -scripted Red Notice.
The film is a globetrotting action heist thriller that moves from Universal Pictures and has added Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool, Free Guy, and 6 Underground) to star alongside Dwayne Johnson (Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw and Jumanji: The Next Level) and Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman 1984 and Death on the Nile). The latter two were attached when Universal acquired the project as a pitch early following a ferocious bidding battle last year, one where Netflix was runner-up.
After Thurber drafted his pitch into a screenplay with a budget, the filmmakers sensed hesitation from Universal in a meeting late last month, even though the studio had dated the picture for November 13, 2020, sources said. The original pitch deal had specific progress to production timeline clauses and when a window opened, Thurber’s finished script was shown to Netflix 10 days ago.
Led by Head of Film Scott Stuber, Netflix committed to everything the filmmakers delivered and gets a big picture on its slate that is anchored by three global franchise-carrying stars who had tailored their schedules to make the production work in a specific time frame. The complex deal was brokered during the holiday break.
When first sold as a pitch, Red Notice was one of the biggest film packages brokered last year, including a $20 million salary for Johnson and an eight-figure deal for Thurber, who directed Johnson in Central Intelligence and Skyscraper.
Adding Gadot and Reynolds to that mix made for no small challenge for Netflix’s dealmakers: instead of breakeven gross against upfront salaries dished out by studios in success, Netflix pays upfront salaries and buys out the backend. All in all, Netflix has committed to arguably its biggest star-package feature film to date, with a production budget in the $130 million range, this for a project the company believes will deliver a new franchise with global appeal.
Red Notice is produced by Beau Flynn through his FlynnPictureCo., Johnson, Dany Garcia, and Hiram Garcia through their Seven Bucks Production banner, and Thurber. Scott Sheldon is an exec producer. FlynnPictureCo. and Seven Bucks most recently teamed on Rampage and Skyscraper.
The film is an international action thriller centered around the pursuit of the most wanted art thief in the world. It takes place in multiple countries. It’s the second big film for Netflix and Reynolds, who stars in the recently wrapped Michael Bay-directed 6 Underground.
It will be Johnson’s first big film vehicle to go into production at Netflix, which is separately developing John Henry and the Statesman as a star vehicle for Johnson, with FlynnPictureCo. and Seven Bucks producing. It’s also the first big Netflix project for Gadot, who ironically had been courted for the sci-fi pic The Expansion Project but was unable to take part at the time because she was committed to Red Notice.
The deal was confirmed by Netflix and the filmmakers, and Johnson had this to say: “With Red Notice, our goal at Seven Bucks Productions was to break down traditional barriers and create a truly global event for the audience. Netflix has illustrated that they are the perfect partners to accomplish this goal.
“I admire the ambition of Netflix to become one of the biggest movie studios in the world,” Johnson said. “Their original content generates critical acclaim and invites full collaboration on every level of production. Their unbridled enthusiasm for Red Notice is equally matched by their commitment to entertaining audiences on an international scale.
“As the landscape of movies, distribution, and audience consumption continues to evolve, our Seven Bucks focus is to continue to find the best platform and partners to thrive in this ever-changing environment. Director/writer Rawson Thurber has delivered a dynamic script that I and my co-stars and partners-in-heist, Gal Gadot and Ryan Reynolds, can’t wait to shoot.
“The fun we’re gonna have made Red Notice, but more importantly — the fun the worldwide audience will have watching it in 190+ countries all at the same moment.”
Thurber said he was “beyond thrilled to be making Red Notice with Scott Stuber and Netflix, a company that believes in filmmakers and big ideas for a global audience.”
Netflix’s Stuber said: “Rawson wrote a spectacular globetrotting action-adventure film. We can’t wait to bring this story and this Dream Team of movie stars, Dwayne, Ryan, and Gal, to audiences around the world.”
One doesn’t often see this many big stars in one big-budget movie. It runs contrary to a recent report in The Information that claimed Netflix had internal discussions about curtailing spending on big-scale movie projects, after Triple Frontier. That doesn’t seem to mesh with some recent deals that indicate that if anything, Netflix is turning a corner in getting A-list stars on the movie slate.
This deal follows one in which Ryan Murphy committed to direct musical The Prom with Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, James Corden and Ariana Grande heading up a strong cast; George Clooney agreeing to direct and star in Good Morning, Midnight; and Denzel Washington producing Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, the August Wilson play that will star Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman.
Netflix doesn’t comment on its internal metrics and how it judges the success of its movies, but a spokesperson denied there was any downshifting beyond simply trying to be more efficient in spending: “There has been no change to our content budgets, nor any big shifts in the shorts of projects we’re investing in, or the way we green light them.”
Said Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos in a statement: “We’re incredibly proud of Triple Frontier, one of our most popular original films. 63 million member households have now watched the movie since it launched in March, and we look forward to working on more projects with this talented cast, producers, and writer/director J.C. Chandor.”
On Red Notice, Reynolds, Johnson, Gadot, and Thurber are repped by WME; Johnson is managed by The Garcia Companies.
Netflix has just locked what is arguably its biggest commitment to a feature film. In a dramatic switch of distributors for a tentpole-sized star package, Netflix has greenlit and set a 2020 production start for the Rawson Marshall Thurber-directed and -scripted Red Notice.
The film is a globetrotting action heist thriller that moves from Universal Pictures and has added Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool, Free Guy, and 6 Underground) to star alongside Dwayne Johnson (Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw and Jumanji: The Next Level) and Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman 1984 and Death on the Nile). The latter two were attached when Universal acquired the project as a pitch early following a ferocious bidding battle last year, one where Netflix was runner-up.
After Thurber drafted his pitch into a screenplay with a budget, the filmmakers sensed hesitation from Universal in a meeting late last month, even though the studio had dated the picture for November 13, 2020, sources said. The original pitch deal had specific progress to production timeline clauses and when a window opened, Thurber’s finished script was shown to Netflix 10 days ago.
Led by Head of Film Scott Stuber, Netflix committed to everything the filmmakers delivered and gets a big picture on its slate that is anchored by three global franchise-carrying stars who had tailored their schedules to make the production work in a specific time frame. The complex deal was brokered during the holiday break.
When first sold as a pitch, Red Notice was one of the biggest film packages brokered last year, including a $20 million salary for Johnson and an eight-figure deal for Thurber, who directed Johnson in Central Intelligence and Skyscraper.
Adding Gadot and Reynolds to that mix made for no small challenge for Netflix’s dealmakers: instead of breakeven gross against upfront salaries dished out by studios in success, Netflix pays upfront salaries and buys out the backend. All in all, Netflix has committed to arguably its biggest star-package feature film to date, with a production budget in the $130 million range, this for a project the company believes will deliver a new franchise with global appeal.
Red Notice is produced by Beau Flynn through his FlynnPictureCo., Johnson, Dany Garcia, and Hiram Garcia through their Seven Bucks Production banner, and Thurber. Scott Sheldon is an exec producer. FlynnPictureCo. and Seven Bucks most recently teamed on Rampage and Skyscraper.
The film is an international action thriller centered around the pursuit of the most wanted art thief in the world. It takes place in multiple countries. It’s the second big film for Netflix and Reynolds, who stars in the recently wrapped Michael Bay-directed 6 Underground.
It will be Johnson’s first big film vehicle to go into production at Netflix, which is separately developing John Henry and the Statesman as a star vehicle for Johnson, with FlynnPictureCo. and Seven Bucks producing. It’s also the first big Netflix project for Gadot, who ironically had been courted for the sci-fi pic The Expansion Project but was unable to take part at the time because she was committed to Red Notice.
The deal was confirmed by Netflix and the filmmakers, and Johnson had this to say: “With Red Notice, our goal at Seven Bucks Productions was to break down traditional barriers and create a truly global event for the audience. Netflix has illustrated that they are the perfect partners to accomplish this goal.
“I admire the ambition of Netflix to become one of the biggest movie studios in the world,” Johnson said. “Their original content generates critical acclaim and invites full collaboration on every level of production. Their unbridled enthusiasm for Red Notice is equally matched by their commitment to entertaining audiences on an international scale.
“As the landscape of movies, distribution, and audience consumption continues to evolve, our Seven Bucks focus is to continue to find the best platform and partners to thrive in this ever-changing environment. Director/writer Rawson Thurber has delivered a dynamic script that I and my co-stars and partners-in-heist, Gal Gadot and Ryan Reynolds, can’t wait to shoot.
“The fun we’re gonna have made Red Notice, but more importantly — the fun the worldwide audience will have watching it in 190+ countries all at the same moment.”
Thurber said he was “beyond thrilled to be making Red Notice with Scott Stuber and Netflix, a company that believes in filmmakers and big ideas for a global audience.”
Netflix’s Stuber said: “Rawson wrote a spectacular globetrotting action-adventure film. We can’t wait to bring this story and this Dream Team of movie stars, Dwayne, Ryan, and Gal, to audiences around the world.”
One doesn’t often see this many big stars in one big-budget movie. It runs contrary to a recent report in The Information that claimed Netflix had internal discussions about curtailing spending on big-scale movie projects, after Triple Frontier. That doesn’t seem to mesh with some recent deals that indicate that if anything, Netflix is turning a corner in getting A-list stars on the movie slate.
This deal follows one in which Ryan Murphy committed to direct musical The Prom with Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, James Corden and Ariana Grande heading up a strong cast; George Clooney agreeing to direct and star in Good Morning, Midnight; and Denzel Washington producing Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, the August Wilson play that will star Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman.
Netflix doesn’t comment on its internal metrics and how it judges the success of its movies, but a spokesperson denied there was any downshifting beyond simply trying to be more efficient in spending: “There has been no change to our content budgets, nor any big shifts in the shorts of projects we’re investing in, or the way we green light them.”
Said Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos in a statement: “We’re incredibly proud of Triple Frontier, one of our most popular original films. 63 million member households have now watched the movie since it launched in March, and we look forward to working on more projects with this talented cast, producers, and writer/director J.C. Chandor.”
On Red Notice, Reynolds, Johnson, Gadot, and Thurber are repped by WME; Johnson is managed by The Garcia Companies.
Red Notice Cast
- Dwayne Johnson as an INTERPOL agent, who is the world's greatest tracker
- Gal Gadot as the world's greatest art thief
- Ryan Reynolds as the world's greatest con-man
- Ritu Arya
- Chris Diamantopoulos
Gal Gadot was confirmed to join Johnson on June 11, 2018. Ryan Reynolds was added on July 8, 2019. Ritu Arya and Chris Diamantopoulos were added on February 10, 2020
Red Notice Release Date
Universal originally scheduled the film for release on June 12, 2020. The date got moved from 5 months to November 13, 2020. The project was then moved to Netflix on July 8, 2019
Red Notice Trailers
The review of the film will be coming soon
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