Red Notice Trivia | 45 facts about the new Netflix original film

“Red Notice” is a new Netflix original film starring Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds and Gal Gadot.

So let’s find out some trivia and facts about the film.

1. Red Notice is a 2021 American action comedy film
2. The film is written and directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber
3. The film stars Dwayne Johnson as an FBI agent who reluctantly teams up with a renowned art thief (Ryan Reynolds) in order to catch an up-and-coming criminal (Gal Gadot)
4. The film marks the third collaboration between Thurber and Johnson
5. Following Central Intelligence (2016) and Skyscraper (2018)
6. The film was originally planned for release by Universal Pictures
7. Netflix acquired the distribution rights on July 8, 2019
8. It had a limited theatrical release on November 5, 2021
9. Before digitally debuting on the platform on November 12, 2021
10. The film received mixed to negative reviews from critics
11. On February 8, 2018, it was announced that an action comedy from Dwayne Johnson and writer/director Rawson Marshall Thurber was developed as part of a bidding war consisting of major studios fighting for the rights
12. Universal Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures, Sony Pictures and Paramount Pictures were all considered
13. The film would be produced by Beau Flynn through his Flynn Picture Company
14. With Johnson, Dany Garcia and Hiram Garcia through their Seven Bucks Productions banner, along with Thurber’s Bad Version Inc. with Wendy Jacobson executive producing
15. On February 9, 2018, it was announced that Universal and Legendary won the bidding war in order to land the rights
16. Johnson was confirmed to be paid at least $20 million for the first time for this film
17. It was later revealed that Gal Gadot also made $20 million for her role in the film
18. Making her the third highest-paid actress in the world in 2020
19. Gadot was confirmed to join Johnson on June 11, 2018
20. Ryan Reynolds was added on July 8, 2019
21. Ritu Arya and Chris Diamantopoulos were added on February 10, 2020
22. Principal photography began on January 3, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia
23. Production on the film was previously expected to start in April 2019 after Johnson wrapped production on Jumanji: The Next Level
24. On July 8, 2019, filming was delayed to begin in early 2020
25. A planned shoot in Italy was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the country
26. On March 14, it was announced production was halted indefinitely due to the pandemic
27. Filming resumed on September 14, 2020
28. Gadot and Reynolds finished filming their parts by the end of October
29. Production in Atlanta was completed on November 14, before moving to Rome and Sardinia, Italy for a week of shooting
30. Filming in Italy was completed on November 18
31. The film was greenlit with an estimated production budget of $160 million
32. By the time it was released the reported cost had reached $200 million
33. Making it the most-costly in Netflix’s history
34. Visual effects artist Richard R. Hoover served as the overall visual effects supervisor for the film
35. On February 26, 2020, Steve Jablonsky was announced as the composer for Red Notice
36. Jablonsky previously collaborated with director Rawson Marshall Thurber scoring Skyscraper in 2018
37. Other pieces include Sabotage by the Beastie Boys, Época by the Gotan Project, Amado Mio by Pink Martini, Downtown written by Tony Hatch, The Raider’s March by John Williams, Libertango by Astor Piazzolla, Perfect by Ed Sheeran, Notorious B.I.G. by The Notorious B.I.G., with On the run by Naz Tokio heard throughout the closing credits
38. Due to the film’s $200 million production budget and Netflix’s global film chief Scott Stuber saying that the company’s “big-budget tentpole films [need] to draw an audience of more than 70 million viewers within the first 28 days of availability”
39. The New York Observer estimated Red Notice would need to total around 200 million hours (about 83 million household viewers) to be deemed a success
40. Though Netflix does not report theatrical box office grosses of their films, industry insiders estimated Red Notice made $1.25-1.5 million from 750 theaters in its opening weekend
41. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 39% rating
42. Based on 114 critics
43. With an average rating of 6.8/10
44. The website’s critics consensus reads: “Red Notice’s big budget and A-list cast add up to a slickly competent action comedy whose gaudy ingredients only make the middling results more disappointing”
45. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 36 out of 100, based on 34 critics, indicating “generally unfavorable reviews”