Dwayne Johnson revealed that after watching a screening of ‘Oppenheimer’ in IMAX, he was inspired to ensure that his new Christmas action movie, ‘Red One’, could also be played in the premium large format. Johnson sat in the IMAX screening room used by Christopher Nolan to preview his films and was deeply impressed by ‘Oppenheimer’. Reflecting on the potential of using the same IMAX technology for ‘Red One’, Johnson said, “It’s game over.”
“With ‘Red One,’ our intention was to make a movie that you can enjoy on the biggest screen possible,” Johnson recently told Imax in a video interview. “Legitimately the biggest screens possible are Imax. I was midway through shooting ‘Red One’ and I had an opportunity to see ‘Oppenheimer.’ I watched in the Imax theater where Christopher Nolan watches and screens his movies. Him and Emma [Thomas], his wife. I even asked to let me sit where Chris sits. They said, ‘Chris sits here.’”
Johnson continued, “I watch ‘Oppenheimer.’ It was amazing, but I was thinking: ‘Holy shit. ‘Red One’ on this screen and with this technology could be game over.’ I remember texting [director Jake Kasdan] a picture of my bare chest and a picture of the screen and we realized how cool [Imax] would be.”
‘Red One’, starring Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans, has received negative reviews. The Rock’s ‘Red One’ gets called ‘One Of The Worst Christmas Movies’ ever.
