Red One: Release date, plot, cast, trailer, & more
Festivities are coming early this year with Dwayne Johnson’s Christmas movie, Red One. It’s been a long time coming, but it now has a release date and a trailer.
Amazon’s gift to its A-listers this year? A $250 million holiday film starring The Rock, Chris Evans, and J.K. Simmons – our stockings are looking worse by the minute.
With an edgy, ripped, take on Santa Claus, theaction moviewill try to convince us that sleigh bells and grenade launchers go together like peanut butter and jelly.
Red Onefaced lengthy delays but director Jake Kasdan’snew movieis officially coming in 2024, just in time for Christmas.
Red One release date
The Red One release date isNovember 15, 2024, in US cinemas.
Select countries (Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Germany, Netherlands) will get it a day earlier, while the UK, Mexico, and Turkey’s release dates are the same as the US.
The film is theatres-only, meaning it won’t be available on anystreaming servicesupon initial release.
The Red One cast featuresDwayne Johnson, Chris Evans, Lucy Liu, J.K. Simmons, Bonnie Hunt, and Kiernan Shipka.
As for who plays Santa Claus in Red One, Simmons (Whiplash, Juno, Spider-Man) takes the mantle, with Bonnie Hunt (Jumanji, Jerry Maguire, The Green Mile) as his wife, Mrs. Claus.
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Red One plot
The Red One plot is aboutCallum Drift (Johnson), an E.L.F. North Pole Command Center operative, who’s tasked with finding the missing Santa Claus.
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E.L.F.’s (Extremely Large and Formidable) head of security joins forces with the world’s most accomplished tracker, Jack O’Malley (Evans).
Together, they embark on a globe-trotting adventure to find Nick and save Christmas. One wrinkle, though: Santa’s not just missing, he was kidnapped.
If all goes well with this film, it’s thought Johnson is planning a franchise for Red One. We’ll have to see what audiences think first, though.
Red One trailer
Amazon MGM Studios released the first full Red One trailer on June 01, 2025. It’s just under three minutes long.
The footage showed off the film’s overly-friendly reindeer, characters, and revealed that ‘Red One’ is Nick’s codename.
Red One runtime
Red One is2 hours and 2 minuteslong.
It’s not a super-snappy 90-minute venture, but also not nearly as long as some of the 3-hour blockbusters of 2024.
Age rating
Red One is ratedPG-13.
TheChristmas moviefeatures lots of action, but the age rating is PG-13, making it family-friendly.
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