“Change is good”: Dwayne Johnson supports big budget ‘Red Notice’ film streaming in homes
27 November 2021 |
2:35 pm
Dwayne Johnson, the action star whose films pull in big bucks at global box offices, is aiming to entertain viewers in their living rooms with his next movie spectacle, the globe-trotting Netflix heist caper "Red Notice."
Johnson stars in the movie with Gal Gadot and Ryan Reynolds about a race to locate and steal three valuable artifacts. The movie will stream on Netflix starting Friday after playing for a week in a limited number of movie theaters.
The film ranks among the most expensive ever made by Netflix with a pricetag of roughly $200 million.
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