Cast alongside Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans in a Christmas film is comedians Nick Kroll and Kristofer Hivju, comedian Wesley Kimmel, and actress Mary Elizabeth Ellis. Deadline reports that the four have been cast in the forthcoming Prime Video feature Red One, however, their roles in the film have not been revealed. Kroll may now be seen in this year’s Don’t Worry Darling, while Hivju’s prior works include The Last King, Force Majeure, and HBO’s Game of Thrones. Ellis is arguably most recognised for her starring performances on New Girl and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, while Kimmel has been in The Book of Boba Fett on Disney+, WandaVision, and NBC’s Good Girls.
The film also features Johnson and Evans, as well as Lucy Liu and Kiernan Shipka. Jake Kasdan, who helmed both Jumanji movies (2017’s Welcome to the Jungle and 2019’s Jumanji: The Next Level) starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, will helm the upcoming horror film Red One. Kasdan is not only writing but also producing the film. Chris Morgan penned the film’s screenplay. Fast and Furious spin-off Hobbs & Shaw, set for release in 2019, is not Morgan and Johnson’s first collaboration as screenwriters on a Fast & Furious picture (directed by David Leitch).
Through his company, Chris Morgan Productions, he will also serve as the film’s producer. Seven Bucks President of Production Hiram Garcia wrote the screenplay for the film. Garcia told last year’s interviewer that he had been toying with the idea of Red One for years before finally developing it at home during the epidemic. A really large Christmas movie is all Garcia would say about the picture. We wanted to do a holiday film but didn’t want to follow the formula of other holiday films, which tend to be more broadly comedic.
Garcia used the tone of Hobbs & Shaw and the Guardians of the Galaxy movie from Marvel to describe the tone of Red One. Through their company, Seven Bucks Productions, Garcia, Johnson, and Dany Garcia will be the film’s producers. Sky Salem will serve as a co-producer alongside Melvin Mar, who will also serve as a producer for The Detective Agency.
The release of Red One is scheduled for the winter holidays of 2023.