The buzz around Red One has fans asking, will the movie flop at the box office, or will it defy the odds? Directed by Jake Kasdan, this Christmas action-adventure comedy featuring Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans has certainly garnered excitement.

Red One” is a sour sugarplum of a Christmas treat, a cheerfully cynical action comedy for kids — especially the ones who asked Santa Claus for ninja stars and a Nerf gun. Director Jake Kasdan (“Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story”) and screenwriter Chris Morgan (“Fast Five”) present their take on Santa as a muscle-bound alpha male (J.

Talk about a tempest in a teapot, or some kind of pot anyway. In a GQ cover story, Dwayne Johnson addresses claims made in a report from The Wrap that he was often late to set during filming of the new holiday movie Red One and that he sometimes used water bottles as,