Summary
Chris Evans’ next 2024 movie isRed One, and through it, he will put an end to a disappointing career trend. Chris Evans has become one of the most popular and beloved actors of his generation, and there’s always a lot of interest and anticipation around his different projects. Evans’ acting career began in 1997, but his big break arrived in the early 2000s. Evans starred in the comedyNot Another Teen Moviein 2001 and in 2005 he joined the world of superheroes when he played Johnny Storm a.k.a. Human Torch inFantastic Four.
After taking part in other projects like comedies, thrillers, and more, Evans returned to the superhero genre withCaptain America: The First Avenger, which established him as an action star and earned him the praise and love of the audience. Now that his time in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is over after his appearance inAvengers: Endgame, Evans has moved on with a variety of projects, and among his upcoming movies isRed One, scheduled for a November 2024 release. Evans has a starring role in it, through which he will finally be breaking a disappointing career trend.
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Red One Will Be Evans’ First Leading Role In A Live-Action Theatrical Movie In 5 Years
Red One Is Bringing Evans Back To The Big Screen In A Leading Role
Evans' last role as part of the main cast of a live-action theatrical movie was in Rian Johnson’sKnivesOut in 2019, where he played Ransom Drysdale.
Despite his talent and popularity, Chris Evans hasn’t been the lead character in a live-action theatrical movie in five years. His last role as part of the main cast of a live-action theatrical movie was in Rian Johnson’sKnivesOutin 2019, where he played Ransom Drysdale. Since then,Evans has been part of various movies, but either in minor or cameo appearancesor in movies that were released on streaming platforms and completely skipped a theatrical release.
Evans had cameo appearances in Shawn Levy’sFree Guyin 2021 andDeadpool & Wolverinein 2024, playing himself in the former and Johnny Storm in the latter. Also in 2021, Evans had an uncredited cameo in Adam McKay’sDon’t Look Up, released on Netflix, and in 2022, he voiced Buzz Lightyear in Pixar’sLightyear. Later in 2022, Evans starred in the Russo Brothers’ Netflix action movieThe Gray Manalongside Ryan Gosling, and in 2023, he starred in (and served as producer of) Apple TV+’s romantic action comedyGhostedand Netflix’sPain Hustlers.
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Red One, then, will be Evans’ big return to theatrical movies in a leading role sinceKnives Out. Directed by Jake Kasdan,Red Oneis an action comedy starring Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans. It’s the story of Callum Drift (Johnson), the head of North Pole security for Santa Claus (J.K. Simmons), who teams up with hacker and bounty hunter Jack O’Malley (Evans) when Santa Claus is kidnapped.
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The one that looked quite promising wasThe Gray Manthanks to the Russo Brothers’ involvement, its premise, and its big budget.
As mentioned above, Evans has been the lead of a couple of movies sinceKnives Out, but these have been streaming releases – and, unfortunately, they didn’t succeed. Out of these projects, the one that looked quite promising wasThe Gray Manthanks to the Russo Brothers’ involvement, its premise, and its big budget ($200 million), butit was a very cliché story, lacked character development, and was, overall, a very forgettable movie.
Ghostedalso seemed to have the elements to be a hit, with Dexter Fletcher as director, Ana de Armas starring with Evans, and a reported budget of $40 million, but it failed due to its uneven tone and lack of chemistry between Evans and Armas. WhetherRed Onesucceeds with critics and general audiences or not, it will, at least, bringChris Evansback to the big screen in a lead role and break a weird and disappointing career trend.
Red One
Cast
After Santa Claus is kidnapped, the North Pole’s Head of Security (Dwayne Johnson) must team up with a notorious bounty hunter (Chris Evans) in a thrilling, globe-spanning mission to save Christmas. This action-packed holiday adventure mixes comedy and festive magic, with an ensemble cast that includes Lucy Liu and J.K. Simmons.
