‘Red One’ Down: How Dwayne Johnson’s Tardiness Led to a $250 Million Runaway Production

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1. > Amazon was hoping to launch a potential franchise with “Red One,” which is about a villain who kidnaps Santa Claus from the North Pole, after which an E.L.F. (Extremely Large and Formidable) operative…

   First off, that ain’t franchise material.

2. Yeah, I’m not buying it. I feel like the “pee bottle” story would have come out before and the article mentioned one of the issues being the inexperience of one producer despite him producing pretty much all of The Rocks films for a decade.

3. The rock personifies everything wrong with Hollywood in 2024. The industry died when viewers made this dumb ass pro wrestler the most bankable actor in town.

   Fuck Dwayne Johnson. Fuck Red One. Fuck Amazon.

   Rant over.

4. Dwayne’s biggest issue is letting his people take over all these movies and fuck them up. He fine as a bankable leading action star but his bringing his ex wife along and her family to do the heavy lifting is a huge mistake.

   He would do well to cut them loose, they have made enough money of his star power he doesn’t owe them anymore and take a few support roles and take himself less seriously like John Cena has done. And maybe try different projects like Dave Bautista.

   Every movie doesn’t have to be the as big as his ego has gotten.

5. Please stop casting the rock in roles. He sucks as an actor and sucks as a person and we are just tired of him at this point.

6. I liked Rock early in his Hollywood career where he was more humble and less of a machine. He didn’t have a hundred people do his commoners stuff. Although him trying to be “Hollywood’s next leading man” was tanking him and he had to pivot to being an action hero.

   This man has a team in place to do his everyday activities. He probably has do his groceries, laundry, shopping, etc. The hurdles people have to jump thru just to reach him is insane.

7. After his little Fox News interview I’m content for him to fade into obscurity as soon as possible.

8. The rock as a brand and leading man was cooler a decade or so ago. He’s over exposed. I don’t care if he ever acts again. The Fox News interview just adds to my sense of his charm having worn off.

9. I can’t help but think of Arnold passing him in the Rundown and wishing the Rock luck.
   Sir, I know Arnold Schwarzenegger. You are no Arnold Schwarzenegger.

10. Yikes, who even green lit this hot mess?

11. I swear the Rock hate on social media is so weird

12. Prima-donna Rock now

13. That article is insanely flip floppy on whether or not he’s late and an asshole or always on time and a pleasure to be around. Like wtf lol