Then the Bishop pops up, swipes the recovered prize, and lands Hartley in hot water, since the Interpol agent in charge, Inspector Das (Ritu Arya), now suspects the former FBI profiler of snagging it himself. The script, which Thurber wrote himself, sets off blazing, as Booth steals Cleopatra’s first egg, narrowly escaping Hartley’s clutches, only to be apprehended when he arrives home in another hemisphere. 5, then streaming for subscribers a week later, “Red Notice” works surprisingly well for what it is. Released by Netflix first in theaters Nov. While Booth and the Bishop ricochet around the world, engaging in what amounts to a high-stakes Easter egg hunt, criminal profiler John Hartley ( Dwayne Johnson) tries to bring them in, making for a fun, fast-paced and frequently amusing divertissement. Their goal is to collect three ornamental orbs - worth some $300 million, but only as a set - originally gifted from Anthony to Cleopatra, then scattered to the corners of the globe. Stay tuned.Lifting its title from Interpol’s most-wanted list, “Dodgeball” director Rawson Marshall Thurber’s twisty treasure-hunt lark “ Red Notice” blurs the lines between good guys and bad guys, and instead focuses on which of two notorious art thieves is better at breaking the law: sarcastic master forger Nolan Booth (a reliably whiny Ryan Reynolds) or his upscale nemesis, known only as “the Bishop” (a more wine-and-diney Gal Gadot). It wouldn’t be a surprise to see it gravitate to streamers, which certainly bought the lion’s share of big movie packages in 2021. Interestingly, those bets were the domain of the traditional theatrical distributors. After Peter Jackson shot most of three installments of The Lord of the Rings for New Line when it was considered a crazy risk for an unproven IP that became a billion-dollar Best Picture-winning franchise, consecutive shoots have been done on movies such as James Cameron’s Avatar sequels, the Russo Brothers’ Marvel blockbusters Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame, The Hunger Games and Pirates of the Caribbean. Thurber is also producing through his Bad Version Productions and Flynn Picture Co’s Scott Sheldon will be exec producer.īack-to-back shoots show a confidence in the IP and creatives. Netflix Top 10: All Other Films Looking Up At ‘Don’t Look Up’ ‘The Witcher’ Beguiles TV Sideīeau Flynn will return to produce via his Flynn Pictures Co banner, alongside Johnson, Hiram Garcia and Dany Garcia via Seven Bucks Productions. Gal Gadot To Star In 'To Catch A Thief' Reboot At Paramount Eileen Jones To Pen Script Red Notice might have been exceeded by Netflix’s commitment to The Gray Man, the 007-esque global thriller that Avengers: Endgame‘s Joe & Anthony Russo directed for Netflix with Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans starring. At the time, it was the biggest commitment Netflix made on a feature as it prioritized franchise IP and stars. Netflix was the runner-up in that bidding and stepped up in a hot second when Universal got cold feet on a budget that reportedly was $200 million or more, including the star salaries. This was when Uni and Legendary were teamed with that duo on Skyscraper. Red Notice was sold in one of the biggest pitch package deals of 2018, with Universal and Legendary winning a big auction for a project that at the time had Thurber and Johnson attachments. Netflix would not comment, but sources said the plan is to bring back the star trio and add new characters to flesh out a heist-film ensemble reminiscent of the starry Ocean’s Eleven franchise.
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