Red Notice (film)

Red Notice (Scots: Reid Notice) is a 2021 American action comedy film written an directit bi Rawson Marshall Thurber starnin Dwayne Johnson alangside Ryan Reynolds, Gal Gadot, an Ritu Arya. It marks the thrid collaboration atween Thurber an Johnson, follaein Central Intelligence (2016) an Skyscraper (2018). In the film, an FBI agent reluctantly teams up wi a renawned airt thief in order tae catch an even mair kenspeckle thief.

Oreeginally planned fur lowse bi Universal Pictures, the film wis acquired bi Netflix fur distribution. It begound a limited theatrical lowse on November November 2021, afore deegitally streamin on the platform on 12 November 2021. It received mixed reviews; creetics creeticised its plot an screenwritin bit praised Johnson’s an Reynolds’ performance, as weel as the action sequences an humor. Netflix claims the film becam the maist-watched film in its debut weekend, as weel as haein been the maist-watched film on the platform till bein surpassed bi KPop Demon Hunters in 2025. It becam the 5t maist-streamed film title o 2021 an aa. Twa sequel are in development an will be filmed back-tae-back wi Johnson, Reynolds, Gadot, an Thurber expectit tae return.

Cast

Dwayne Johnson as John Hartley
Ryan Reynolds as Nolan Booth
Gal Gadot as Sarah Black / The Bishop
Chris Diamantopoulos as Sotto Voce
Ritu Arya as Inspector Urvashi Das
Ivan Mbakop as Tambwe
Vincenzo Amato as Director Gallo
Rafael Petardi as Security Chief Ricci
Brenna Marie Narayan as Cleopatra

Addeetionally, Daniel Bernhardt haes a cameo appearance as Drago Grande, an sangster-sangwriter Ed Sheeran maks an uncreditit cameo as himsel.

Production

Development

On 8 Februar 2018, it wis annoonced that major studios wis fechtin a biddin war fur the richts tae an action comedy frae Dwayne Johnson an writer-director Rawson Marshall Thurber. Universal Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures, Sony Pictures an Paramount Pictures wis aw considered. The film wad be produced bi Beau Flynn throu his FlynnPictureCo. banner, an by Johnson, Dany Garcia an Hiram Garcia throu thair Seven Bucks Productions banner, alang wi Thurber's Bad Version Inc., wi Wendy Jacobson executive producin. The follaein day, it wis annoonced that Universal an Legendary haed wan the biddin war.

Gal Gadot wis confirmed tae starn opposite Johnson in Juin 2018, an Ryan Reynolds wis eikit in Julie 2019. Ritu Arya an Chris Diamantopoulos wur cast in Februar 2020 an aa.

Johnson, Reynolds, an Gadot wur aw paid $20 million ilka tae starn in the film, whiles Thurber wis paid $10 million tae write an direct.

At a budget o $200 million, Red Notice wis Netflix's maist expensive oreeginal film till 2022's The Gray Man.

Filmin

Principal photography begound on 3 Januar 2020, in Atlanta, Georgia. Production on the film wis previously expectit tae stairt in Aprile 2019, efter Johnson wrapped filmin on Jumanji: The Next Level. On 8 Julie 2019, filmin wis delayed tae early 2020. A planned shoot in Italy wis canceled owin tae the COVID-19 pandemic in the kintra. On 14 Mairch, it wis annoonced production haed been haltit indefinitely owin tae the COVID-19 pandemic oweraw.

Filmin resumit on 14 September 2020. Reynolds an Gadot completit filmin thair scenes bi the end o October. Production in Atlanta wis completit on 14 November, afore muivin tae Rome an Sardinie, Italy fur a week o shootin. Filmin in Italy wis completit on November 18. The film wis greenlit wi an estimatit production budget o $160 million an bi the time it wis lowsed the reportit cost haed reached $200 million, makin it the maist expensive film in Netflix's history.

Visual effects airtist Richard R. Hoover served as the oweraw visual effects supervisor fur the film.

Red Notice is ane o the furst featur films tae extensively uise the furst-person view (FPV) drone flyin fur cinematography. FPV drone pilot Johnny Schaer pairticipatit in filmin.

Muisic

On 26 Februar 2020, Steve Jablonsky wis annoonced as the componer fur Red Notice. Jablonsky previously collaboratit wi director Rawson Marshall Thurber scorin Skyscraper in 2018. Ither pieces include "Sabotage" bi the Beastie Boys, "Época" bi the Gotan Project, "Amado Mio" bi Pink Martini, "Downtown" written bi Tony Hatch, The Raider's March bi John Williams, "Libertango by Astor Piazzolla", "Perfect" bi Ed Sheeran, an "Notorious B.I.G." bi The Notorious B.I.G., wi "On the Run" bi Naz Tokio heard throuoot the closin credits.

Release

Universal oreeginally scheduled the film fur lowse on 12 Juin 2020. The date wis postponed bi five month tae 13 November 2020. Netflix then teuk ower on 8 Julie 2019, muivin the film tae an unspecifee'd date in 2021. As pairt o a video an letter tae its skarehaulders in Aprile 2021, Netflix's co-chief executive officer an chief content officer Ted Sarandos confirmed that the film wad premiere sometime in Q4 2021. The film received a limited theatrical lowse on 5 November 2021, prior tae streamin on Netflix on 12 November 2021. Reynolds requestit that Welsh leid subtitles be provided fur the film's Netflix lowse.

Mercatin

In the Philippines, the SM Mall of Asia's globe wis reportedly stolen bi a on November 13 November 2021. The Pasay ceety polis issued a statement that the globe wis nae stolen an wis juist "unnergaein maintenance fur mercatin strategy". The globe wis kivered in scaffoldin. The maw management lowsed a statement a day later that the globe is "back" an revealed that the supposed theft wis staged as pairt o a publicity stunt tae promote Red Notice. The mercatin promotion caused the globe tae be a trendin subjeck on Twitter.

The film forby saw a promotional tie-in wi professional wrastlin promotion WWE, the company whaur Dwayne Johnson haed wrastled an becam famously kent as "The Rock". In addeetion tae promotin the film durin thair Survivor Series event on 21 November 2021, a storyline wis forby pleyed oot involvin ane o Cleopatra's eggs that wis stolen durin the shaw.

Futur

Beginnin in August 2020, thare wur reports that Netflix wis leukin tae develop a sequel tae Red Notice. In November 2021, Hiram Garcia annoonced that thare wur tentative plans fur a sequel, statin that Thurber haed offeecially pitched a sequel an that aw creatives involvit wur optimistic regardin its development, whiles annooncin that Netflix haed offeecially tauld thaim that thay wur interestit in continuin the film series. The producer later said that the potential sequel wad include the trio o starns involvit in addeetional heists aroond the warld, whiles reaffirmin that its development wis dependent on the reception tae the furst film.

Johnson celebratit the positive audience reception tae Red Notice on his social media, sayin that thare wis "mair tae come." Follaein annooncements that the lowse set the record aw-time viewership fur Netflix, Johnson further teased a futur film annooncement. Thurber later said that if a sequel wis greenlit, he intends tae film twa sequels back-tae-back. In December 2021, Hiram Garcia ance again discussed plans fur a sequel, statin that the end o Red Notice sets up the story.

Bi Januar 2022, it wis annoonced that the twa sequels are offeecially in development an will be filmed back-tae-back. Thurber will ance again serve as writer/director, whiles Johnson, Reynolds, an Gadot will reprise thair respective roles. The sequels will featur a nummer o supportin cast an aa, wi an ensemble cast planned seemilar tae the Ocean's franchise. Johnson, Hiram Garcia, Dany Garcia, Thurber, an Beau Flynn will return as producers. The films will be jynt-ventur productions atween Seven Bucks Productions, Flynn Pictures Co, Bad Version Productions, an Netflix Original Films. The films will be distributit bi Netflix. In October 2022, it wis annoonced that the script fur the seicont film wis finished, whiles wark on the screenpley fur the thrid movie is ongaein. In the same interview, producers Hiram Garcia an Flynn confirmed that the sequels are bein developit tae be filmed consecutively.