Netflix released a video sharing exclusive previews from many films scheduled to release on the streaming platform in 2021. Among these previews is a first look at Red Notice, an action-comedy film starring Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds and Gal Gadot.
The first look at Red Notice comes near the end of the video, featuring a fight with Johnson, Reynolds and Gadot. The fight pauses briefly when Reynolds’ character accidentally elbows Johnson’s character in the face. Reynolds jokes, "I’m so sorry. I was aiming for your throat." The preview ends with Johnson running across a bridge as it explodes.
Red Notice stars Johnson as an INTERPOL agent and Reynolds as a skilled con man who team to capture the world's greatest art thief, played by Gadot. The film is directed by Rawson Marshall Thuber, who previously worked with Johnson on Central Intelligence and Skyscraper.
The movie wrapped filming in November 2020 and Reynolds and Gadot celebrated by sharing behind-the-scenes images on Instagram. The film’s production was halted in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic but it resumed in September, with Johnson saying that the set had "the most aggressive health and safety Covid measures in all of Hollywood."
Other recognizable talent from the upcoming slate of films appear in the video, such as Chris Hemsworth, Jason Mamoa, Amy Adams and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Multiple sneak previews for the upcoming films are shown, giving Netflix viewers first looks at some of the 2021 titles. Some of the movies previewed are Army of the Dead, director Zack Snyder’s upcoming zombie heist movie starring Guardians of the Galaxy’s Dave Bautista, and Thunder Force, a superhero comedy film starring Octavia Spencer and Melissa McCarthy. Netflix also showed clips from its upcoming sequels to its popular teen rom-coms The Kissing Booth 3 and To All the Boys: Always and Forever, Lara Jean, as well as the directorial debuts of both Halle Berry and Lin-Manuel Miranda, Bruised and tick, tick…BOOM!
The video was released by Netflix following the news that the streaming service will be releasing a brand-new original film each week for the entirety of 2021. "We’re most excited about the accumulation of different things," Netflix Head of Original Films Scott Stuber said when announcing the news. The company plans to release 70 films in the new year, 52 of which are English-language live-action films.
Directed by Rawson Marshall Thuber, Red Notice stars Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds, Gal Gadot, Ritu Arya and Chris Diamantopoulos. The film has yet to receive a release date.
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