47-541: Red One and variants may refer to: Arts and entertainment [ edit ] Film and television [ edit ] Red One (film) , a 2024 Christmas film starring Dwayne Johnson Red One, a character from Choudenshi Bioman The Red One , a fictional spacecraft from the Lilo & Stitch franchise Music [ edit ] RedOne (born 1972), Moroccan-Swedish international record producer The Red One (album) ,
94-526: A 1980 film "The Big Red One", nickname for the 1st Infantry Division (United States) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Red One . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red_One&oldid=1257474754 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
141-745: A 1997 album by Little Willie Littlefield Remedy (The Red One) , a 2001 album by the Christian rock band Remedy Drive Red1, a member of hip hop group Rascalz "Red 1", a 1994 single by Dave Clarke Works [ edit ] " The Red One ", a short story by Jack London The Red One, a character from The Red Book by Carl Jung Red One (comics), a 2015 publication by Image Comics, story by Xavier Dorison, art and cover by Rachel Dodson, Terry Dodson Other [ edit ] Red One (camera) , released in 2007 by Red Digital Cinema Camera Company Red one calls to UK ambulance services See also [ edit ] The Big Red One ,
188-526: A diverse neighborhood. She learned to speak Mandarin at home and began studying English when she was five. She studied the martial art kali-eskrima-silat as a hobby when she was young. Liu attended Joseph Pulitzer Middle School (I.S.145), and graduated from Stuyvesant High School . She later enrolled at New York University and transferred to the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan , where she
235-534: A heartfelt conversation that, by making them "nicer", causes the snow globes to break and free them. Zoe and Callum find Jack at the North Pole complex after using a tracker inside him. They realize that Grýla, her team, and Santa never left the North Pole. They also learn that Grýla's team of shapeshifters has taken over the complex. They go to the North Pole and free the imprisoned Mrs. Claus and other security staff. In Santa's old workshop, they find Jack and Dylan and
282-409: A kidnapped Santa Claus ( J. K. Simmons ) on Christmas Eve. Lucy Liu , Kiernan Shipka , Bonnie Hunt , Nick Kroll , Kristofer Hivju , and Wesley Kimmel also star. The film is seen as the first of a Christmas-themed franchise, produced on a $ 200–250 million budget by Amazon MGM Studios in association with Seven Bucks Productions , Chris Morgan Productions , and The Detective Agency . Red One
329-533: A massive budget of $ 250 million, plus marketing costs, it'll take a Christmas miracle for Red One to become a profitable hit at the box office." In its second box office weekend, the film dropped 59% to $ 13.3 million, finishing in third behind newcomers Wicked and Gladiator II . On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 31% of 159 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 4.4/10. The website's consensus reads: "Wrapped in slick packaging but wholly lacking in holiday magic, Red One
376-841: A role in the Walt Disney Animation Studios film Strange World , and in Jake Kasdan's upcoming film Red One . In a 2024 interview, Lucy Liu discussed her role in an upcoming film where she will star as a mother diagnosed with a terminal illness who has a troubled child. The film titled Rosemead (tentative title A Dying Mother's Plan ), is expected to release in late 2024 or early 2025. Liu has been vegetarian since childhood. Liu has studied various religions, mainly Buddhism and Taoism , and briefly Kabbalah . She has stated, "I'm into all things spiritual—anything to do with meditation or chants or any of that stuff. I studied Chinese philosophy in school. There's something in
423-536: A secret peace treaty between mythological creatures and humanity. Callum Drift, head commander of Santa Claus 's ELF (Enforcement Logistics and Fortification) security, requests to retire after one last Christmas run, as he has become disillusioned with increased naughty behavior in the world, exemplified by the growth of Santa's Naughty List. On Christmas Eve , a black ops team breaks into the North Pole complex and kidnaps Santa. Callum notifies Director Zoe Harlow about
470-477: A supporting role, Liu was cast in the lead. While in line to audition for the musical Miss Saigon in 1990, she told The New York Times , "There aren't many Asian roles, and it's very difficult to get your foot in the door." In May 1992, Liu made her New York stage debut in Fairy Bones , directed by Tina Chen . Liu had small roles in films and TV, marking her debut. In 1992, she made her big-screen debut in
517-521: A television show focusing on the lives of police officers and detectives in Los Angeles, as a recurring guest actor during the fourth season. She received the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Drama Guest Actress for this role. Liu's other directorial credits include 6 episodes of Elementary , an episode of Graceland , the episode "Dearly Beloved" of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit , and
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#1732855125292564-532: A tracker inside him. Callum reluctantly teams up with Jack to find Santa by tracking the broker who arranged the deal between Jack and the kidnapper in Aruba . The broker tells them the kidnapper is the winter witch, Grýla . Grýla becomes aware of their conversation and sends her snowmen to eliminate them; though Callum and Jack defeat them, the broker is iced in the scuffle. Callum suspects that Grýla might be working with Krampus , Santa's estranged adoptive brother, who
611-511: A vault that siphons his magic, knocking him unconscious. Grýla duplicates the glaskafig , a magical imprisoning snow globe , and intends to rid the world of every naughty child who has ever been on the Naughty List by imprisoning them forever. She tests the snow globes on Jack and his estranged son Dylan. She sends each of them a snow globe that imprisons them and returns to her lair. Jack and Dylan, inside their snow globes next to each other, have
658-466: Is a ho-ho-hum action-adventure." Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 34 out of 100, based on 35 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews. Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A–" on an A+ to F scale, while those polled by PostTrak gave it a 78% overall positive score, with 57% saying they would definitely recommend it. Peter Bradshaw , writing for The Guardian , gave
705-449: Is also Grýla's ex-lover and the one who created the Naughty List. Callum and Jack break into Krampus' lair but are captured. Callum appeals to Krampus to help his brother, who misses him, but Krampus refuses. Despite being allowed to leave, Jack stays and persuades Krampus to play Krampusschlap with Callum, during which Jack recovers Callum's magic gauntlet and returns it to him, allowing the pair to escape. Grýla and her sons keep Santa in
752-510: Is also part of the cast in the post-apocalyptic thriller Future World , directed by James Franco and Bruce Thierry Cheung. Her first national museum exhibition was held at the National Museum of Singapore in early 2019 and was titled "Unhomed Belongings." In April 2021, Liu was cast as the villainess Kalypso in the superhero film Shazam! Fury of the Gods . In 2022, she was cast to voice
799-472: Is an American actress. Born in New York City to Chinese immigrant parents, she has starred in the television series Ally McBeal (1998–2002), in two Charlie's Angels films (2000 and 2003), and in the crime-drama series Elementary (2012–2019), as well as in films Payback (1999), Shanghai Noon (2000), Chicago (2002), Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003), Lucky Number Slevin (2006), Watching
846-500: Is best when it leans heavily into the cheese. If that makes your eyes roll, keep in mind this is a Christmas movie ultimately intended for kids who've made it all the way through the MCU on Disney+ twice and their parents now need a reprieve. There are still some jokes aimed at the cold-hearted adult who will inevitably be dragged along on the family cinema outing." Lucy Liu Lucy Alexis Liu / ˈ l uː / (born December 2, 1968)
893-446: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Red One (film) Red One is a 2024 American action-adventure Christmas fantasy comedy film directed by Jake Kasdan and written by Chris Morgan , from an original story by Hiram Garcia. The film follows the head of North Pole security ( Dwayne Johnson ) teaming up with a notorious hacker ( Chris Evans ) in order to locate
940-413: Is sealed inside one of her snow globes and turned over to Zoe's custody. With Grýla defeated, everyone rapidly prepares for the night's Christmas Eve run. Santa invites Jack and Dylan to accompany him, which they accept. During the successful run, Callum watches Jack regain his wonder and build a relationship with Dylan; this convinces him not to retire. Hiram Garcia at Seven Bucks Productions conceived
987-571: The Tony Award –winning play God of Carnage as Annette on the second replacement cast alongside Jeff Daniels , Janet McTeer , and Dylan Baker . Liu is a supporter of marriage equality for same-sex marriage , and became a spokeswoman for the Human Rights Campaign in 2011. She has teamed up with Heinz to combat the widespread global health threat of iron deficiency anemia and vitamin and mineral malnutrition among infants and children in
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#17328551252921034-475: The metaphysical that I find very fascinating." She has been a member of the Chinese-American organization Committee of 100 since 2004. She has a son, Rockwell, who was born in 2015 via gestational surrogate . She has stated that surrogacy was the right option for her because, "I was working and I didn't know when I was going to be able to stop." She has decided to raise him as a single parent . She
1081-720: The second-season premiere of Luke Cage . In August 2011, Liu became a narrator for the musical group The Bullitts . In 2013, Liu was invited to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . Liu was named Harvard's 2016 Artist of the Year. She was awarded the Harvard Foundation's arts medal at the annual Harvard Foundation Award ceremony, during the Cultural Rhythms Festival in Sanders Theatre. She
1128-714: The Detectives (2007), The Man with the Iron Fists (2012), and Set It Up (2018). She voice acted as Master Viper in the first three installments of the Kung Fu Panda franchise (2008–2016) and Silvermist in the Tinker Bell series (2008–2014). Her other voice credits include Maya & Miguel (2004–2007), Mulan II (2004), as well as the English and Mandarin-dubbed versions of Magic Wonderland (2014) and The Tale of
1175-629: The Detectives , an independent romantic comedy co-starring Cillian Murphy . She also planned to make her producing debut and star in a remake of Charlie Chan , which had been planned as early as 2000. In 2007 Empire named Liu number 96 of their "100 Sexiest Movie Stars". The producers of Dirty Sexy Money created a role for Liu as a series regular. Liu played Nola Lyons, a powerful attorney who faced Nick George ( Peter Krause ). Liu voiced Silvermist in Disney Fairies and Viper in Kung Fu Panda . In March 2010, Liu made her Broadway debut in
1222-536: The Hong Kong film Rhythm of Destiny , which starred Danny Lee and Aaron Kwok . In 1993, she appeared in an episode of L.A. Law as a Chinese widow giving her evidence in Mandarin. Liu starred on the sitcom Pearl , which lasted one season. Shortly after the end of Pearl's run in 1997, Liu was cast in a role on Ally McBeal . Liu originally auditioned for the role of Nelle Porter (played by Portia de Rossi ), and
1269-673: The Princess Kaguya (2013). She also voiced Callisto Mal in the Disney-animated film Strange World (2022). Most recently, she starred as Kalypso in Shazam! Fury of the Gods and directed the Disney show American Born Chinese . She has received several accolades including a Critics' Choice Television Award , two Screen Actors Guild Awards , and a Seoul International Drama Award , as well as two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Lucy Liu
1316-565: The character Ling Woo was later created specifically for her. Liu's part on the series was originally temporary, but high audience ratings secured Liu as a permanent cast member. Additionally, she earned a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series and a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series. In 2000, Liu starred in Charlie's Angels along with Drew Barrymore and Cameron Diaz . In 2001, Liu
1363-477: The developing world. In March 2012, she was cast as Joan Watson for Elementary . Elementary is an American Sherlock Holmes adaptation, and the role Liu was offered is traditionally played by men. She has gained praise for her role as Watson, including three consecutive nominations for the People's Choice Awards for Favorite TV Crime Drama Actress. She also has played police officer Jessica Tang on Southland ,
1410-433: The film one star out of five, describing it as "profoundly depressing and blandly sentimental" and concluding "this commercial and formulaic slice of content is a toy destined to be forgotten, not by Boxing Day , but mid-November." Glenn Garner of Deadline Hollywood said the film "blends genres for some family-friendly holiday fun with a generous dose of self-aware absurdity" and wrote: "Yes, it's cheesy, but this movie
1457-508: The idea for the film, which was developed into a screenplay by Chris Morgan for Jake Kasdan to direct. Chris Evans joined the cast in January 2022. In September 2022, Kiernan Shipka was added to the cast. Lucy Liu , Mary Elizabeth Ellis , J. K. Simmons , Nick Kroll , Kristofer Hivju , Wesley Kimmel and Bonnie Hunt joined the cast the following month, with Ellis revealing her and Simmons' involvement on Instagram . Dwayne Johnson
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1504-442: The kidnapping, and her team discovers that the North Pole's secret location was compromised by Jack O'Malley, a mercenary black-hat hacker who claims to be able to find anything in the world. Zoe apprehends Jack for questioning. A lifelong Santa debunker, Jack did not know the information he hacked was related to Santa and merely sent it to an anonymous buyer. Zoe offers to double Jack's payment if he helps them find Santa but places
1551-615: The profits from the NYC Milk Gallery gallery show to UNICEF. In London, a portion of the proceeds from her book Seventy Two went to UNICEF. Early in 2006, Liu received an "Asian Excellence Award" for Visibility . She also hosted an MTV documentary, Traffic , for the MTV EXIT campaign in 2007. In 2008, she produced and narrated the short film The Road to Traffik , about the Cambodian author and human rights advocate Somaly Mam . The film
1598-510: The thriller Domino . In Lucky Number Slevin , she played the leading love interest to Josh Hartnett . 3 Needles was released on December 1, 2006, Liu portrayed Jin Ping, an HIV-positive Chinese woman. Liu had previously presented her artwork under her Chinese name, Yu Ling. Liu, who is an artist in several media, has had several gallery shows showcasing her collage , paintings, and photography. She began doing collage mixed media when she
1645-401: The toy-duplicating equipment that Grýla used to mass-produce the snow globes. Because the North Pole equipment relies on Santa's powers, Grýla prepares to leave with an unconscious Santa using his sleigh to distribute the snow globes. A fight ensues, and Grýla is stopped by Callum and Jack, with an assist from Krampus, who arrives to help. Santa recovers and acknowledges his brother, while Grýla
1692-571: The two joined to help produce the Hungarian sports documentary Freedom's Fury . She won an MTV Award for Best Movie Villain for her part in Kill Bill . Subsequently, Liu appeared on several episodes of Joey with Matt LeBlanc , who played her love interest in the Charlie's Angels films. She also had minor roles as Kitty Baxter in the film Chicago and as a psychologist opposite Keira Knightley in
1739-634: Was 16 years old, and became a photographer and painter. Liu attended the New York Studio School for drawing, painting, and sculpture from 2004 to 2006. In September 2006, Liu held an art show and donated her share of the profits to UNICEF . She also had another show in 2008 in Munich . Her painting, "Escape", was incorporated into Montblanc's Cutting Edge Art Collection and was shown during Art Basel Miami 2008, which showed works by contemporary American artists. Liu has stated that she donated her share of
1786-663: Was a member of the Chi Omega sorority and studied Asian languages and cultures . At the age of 19, while traveling on the subway, Liu was discovered by an agent. She appeared in one commercial as a result. As a member of the Basement Arts student-run theater group, she auditioned in 1989 for the University of Michigan's production of Alice in Wonderland during her senior year of college. Although she had originally tried out for only
1833-755: Was born in the Jackson Heights neighborhood of the New York City borough of Queens . In high school, she adopted a middle name, Alexis. She is the youngest of three children born to Cecilia, who worked as a biochemist , and Tom Liu, a civil engineer who sold digital clock pens. Liu's parents originally came from Beijing and Shanghai and immigrated to Taiwan as adults before meeting in New York. She has an older brother, John, and an older sister, Jenny. Her parents had many jobs while Lucy and her siblings were growing up. Liu has stated that she grew up in
1880-478: Was directed by Kerry Girvin and co-produced by photographer Norman Jean Roy. This led to a partnership with producers on the documentary film Redlight . In 2007, Liu appeared in Code Name: The Cleaner ; Rise: Blood Hunter , a supernatural thriller co-starring Michael Chiklis in which Liu plays an undead reporter (for which she was ranked number 41 on "Top 50 Sexiest Vampires"); and Watching
1927-507: Was first shown at CinemaCon in April 2024 to journalists selected by Johnson's publicist, but they were not allowed to write about what they saw. As of November 26, 2024 , Red One has grossed $ 57.3 million in the United States and Canada, and $ 65.2 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $ 122.5 million. In the United States and Canada, Red One
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1974-480: Was originally scheduled to be released on Prime Video worldwide in time for Christmas 2023. The release was delayed from December 20, 2023, until November 15, 2024, with the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike cited as the reason, along with the film now getting a worldwide theatrical release. Johnson pushed for Red One to be released in IMAX after watching an IMAX screening of Oppenheimer while Red One' s principal photography
2021-656: Was paid $ 50 million for his involvement. Filming began in October 2022 in Atlanta and wrapped in February 2023. Filming ran into issues with Johnson, who was an average of seven to eight hours late to film his scenes and missed several days of shooting. These delays reportedly increased the budget by $ 50 million to a total of $ 250 million, which Garcia disputed. Johnson later admitted to frequent tardiness as well as urinating in bottles on set, but Evans and Kasdan defended him. Red One
2068-413: Was projected to gross $ 30–35 million from 4,032 theaters, with some independent sources predicting a debut as low as $ 25 million or as high as $ 40 million. The film made $ 10.9 million on its first day, including $ 3.7 million from Sunday and Thursday night previews. It went on to debut to $ 32.1 million, topping the box office. Following the film's weak previews performance, Variety concluded that, "With
2115-411: Was released internationally by Warner Bros. Pictures on November 6, 2024 and in the United States by Amazon MGM Studios through Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on November 15. The film received mixed reviews and has grossed $ 122 million worldwide on a $ 200–250 million budget. M.O.R.A (Mythological Oversight and Restoration Authority) is a clandestine, multilateral military organization that oversees and protects
2162-594: Was still underway. Johnson thought that Red One in the IMAX format would be "game over". Amazon MGM handled the distribution in the United States, while Warner Bros. Pictures handled the film's international release. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, it was released on November 6, 2024. In Latin America, it was released on November 7, 2024. with pre-release advance screenings starting October 31, 2024. Footage of Red One
2209-648: Was the spokeswoman for the Lee National Denim Day fundraiser, which raises money for breast cancer research and education. In 2004 Liu was appointed an ambassador for U.S. Fund for UNICEF . She traveled to Pakistan and Lesotho , among several other countries. In 2002, Liu played Rita Foster in Vincenzo Natali 's Brainstorm . She appeared as O-Ren Ishii in Quentin Tarantino 's 2003 film, Kill Bill . While in negotiations for Kill Bill with Tarantino
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