“There’s worse ways to go out than trying to save Santa Claus.” MGM Studios has revealed the first official trailer for Red One, a big holiday action comedy from filmmaker Jake Kasdan, the director of the recent Jumanji movies. Here’s the ridiculous Hollywood pitch for this movie: After a shocking abduction from the North Pole, the Commander of the E.L.F. Task Force must partner with the world’s most infamous bounty hunter to save Christmas. Featuring J.K. Simmons as a super buff, badass Santa, referred to as just Nick. He gets kidnapped, somehow, by evil forces so “Callum Drift” – Head of Security for North Pole – brings in Jack O’Malley, an expert bounty hunter, to help find him and save Christmas. Starring Dwayne Johnson, Chris Evans, Kiernan Shipka, Lucy Liu, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Nick Kroll, with Kristofer Hivju as Krampus & Bonnie Hunt as Mrs. Claus. “Red One is a fire-breathing X-Mas action movie that completely reinvents the holiday genre.” There’s way too many CGI creatures in this trailer, but the rest seems like fun. // Continue Reading ›
