Yesterday, Deadline claimed that Dwayne Johnson’s Amazon movie “Red One,” dated for November 15 2024, has tested twice and that scores were “through the roof.”
Don’t tell that to Jeff Sneider who is reporting he’s heard the film is “an unmitigated disaster,” comparing it to M. Night Shyamalan’s “Lady in the Water” and describing it as “what ChatGPT’s idea of what a commercial, four-quadrant film should be.”
They’re trying to create a new Lord of the Rings-type mythology, just like Lady in the Water attempted a new mythology, but it just doesn’t work […] lack of chemistry between the two leads. […] I’m totally shocked at how bad this film is, and the damage is too deep to do reshoots.
Chris Evans co-stars with Johnson in the film. Sneider’s source claims that the film was all but done and that Amazon wanted it ready in time for this Christmas, but it turned out to be “a big lump of coal” instead.
“Red One” is directed by Jake Kasdan, he directed Johnson’s two ‘Jumanji’ movies, “Bad Teacher,” “Sex Tape,” and “Walk Hard.” Maybe Deadline’s piece was a form of damage control between studio and media outlet, who knows. We’ll only be able to catch this film a year from now.