Dwayne Johnsonmade waves throughout the industry recently when he sold a package for the original actionerRed Noticeto Universal with a whopping $20 million price tag for Johnson alone, and now the film is adding even more firepower. As first reported byThe Hashtag Showand now confirmed by Deadline,Gal Gadotwill co-star opposite Johnson inRed Notice. Written and to be directed byRawson Marshall Thurber, with whom Johnson worked onCentral Intelligenceand the upcomingSkyscraper, the film is described as a globe-trotting action-comedy heist thriller. It’s reportedly a three-hander between Johnson, Gadot, and another male star that will soon be set, and Gadot will be playing “a brilliant and mysterious figure in the art world.”
Red Noticeis unique in that it’s a tentpole project that was highly sought after by multiple studios based on starpower alone. It’s an original story and not based on an existing film, book, or superhero property. Dwayne Johnson is his own superhero.
It’s also a big project for Thurber, who was in the running to direct Marvel’sAnt-Manbefore makingCentral Intelligenceinstead. His background is in comedies likeDodgeballandWe’re the Millers, but withSkyscraperand nowRed Notice—both of which he’s writing himself—Thurber is carving out his own, original blockbusters.
Gadot is currently filmingWonder Woman 2and recently signed on to star in Warner Bros.’My Dearest Fidel, butRed Noticeis happening soon as Universal and Legendary have already staked out a June 06, 2025. Filming on the picture is expected to begin in April 2019 in Europe.
Johnson is currently shooting Disney’sJungle Cruise, after which he’ll move into filming theFast & FuriousspinoffHobbs and Shawlater this year, thenRed Noticewill be next on his docket. If you wanna get into the Dwayne Johnson business, you’ve gotta make reservations years in advance. This guy’s schedule is booked solid.
