Dwayne Johnson’s Action Comedy ‘Red Notice’ Lands at Universal, Legendary

Universal and Legendary have teamed up to acquire Dwayne Johnson’s action comedy “Red Notice,” an individual with knowledge of the deal told TheWrap.

This week, the project had been in a bidding war that included almost all major studios, including Warner Bros., Paramount and Sony. Universal and Legendary are already teamed up on Johnson’s upcoming “Skyscraper,” and Universal produces the “Fast and Furious” movies as well as the upcoming spinoff starring Johnson and Jason Statham.

Like “Skyscraper,” “Red Notice” will be produced by Beau Flynn through his FlynnPictureCo. with Johnson, Dany Garcia and Hiram Garcia through their Seven Bucks Production banner, along with Rawson Marshall Thurber, who is writing and directing.