Bosco685 Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 Quote EXCLUSIVE: Back when Deadline revealed that Universal wavered on the big budget of Rawson Marshall Thurber’s three-hander -script Red Notice and franchise-hungry Netflix stepped right in, skeptics questioned the wisdom of a global heist film with superstar paydays for Dwayne Johnson, Gal Gadot and Ryan Reynolds, and an 8-figure payday for writer/director Thurber. Looks like Netflix’s biggest movie bet at that time paid off: Deadline hears the streamer is in the early stages of putting together a back-to-back shoot of two Red Notice sequels, with the hope to begin production in early 2023, dependent on deals and the schedules of its busy stars. Sources said that Thurber has begun writing. 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 Oceans Eleven franchise. 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. This was when Uni and Legendary were teamed with that duo on Skyscraper. 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. At the time, it was the biggest commitment Netflix made on a feature as it prioritized franchise IP and stars. 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theCapraAegagrus Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 Is the first one any good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zuckuss2003 Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 On 1/12/2022 at 1:25 PM, theCapraAegagrus said: Is the first one any good? Not really, no. theCapraAegagrus, rexinnih and Beige 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rexinnih Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 I'll reserve judgement until these are out but the bar was set pretty low on the first one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D84 Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 On 1/12/2022 at 12:25 PM, theCapraAegagrus said: Is the first one any good? It was mediocre, but better than a lot of the spoon that came out last year. theCapraAegagrus and Microchip 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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