Chris Evans and Dwayne Johnson are suiting up to find Santa Claus in the first look at Red One . A brand-new trailer for the 2024 holiday flick dropped on Tuesday and provided long-awaited context to the film which sees Academy Award winner J.K.
Simmons playing a very buff St. Nick and Johnson, 52, acting as the head of security for "the man with the bag." In the new trailer, Johnson's character, Callum Drift -- the "Commander of the E.
L.F Task Force" according to a description of the movie -- assists Santa with bench press reps and helps him get ready for the big night before discovering that the infamous Christmas-associated character has been kidnapped from the North Pole. "Someone took Red," Johnson says in the first minute of the trailer.
"We're gonna find him." Evans -- who plays master tracker Jack O'Malley -- is recruited by another member of the E.L.
F team, Zoe ( Lucy Liu ), to help find "Red One" (aka Santa Claus) before time runs out and Christmas is ruined for millions of children around the world. "Are you saying Santa Claus has been kidnapped?" Evans asks Liu and Johnson, laughing and expressing his disbelief. "You can't trust this guy, he's on the list ," Johnson tells Liu of Evans' character.
"You don't mean--" Evans begins as the Moana actor cuts him off, "Yes, that list. NL-4." "Are you telling me this clown is a level four naughty lister?" replies a polar bear bodyguard who roars in anger over Evans' character dismissing what is a very serious situation.
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