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Chris Evans<\/a> and <\/span>Dwayne Johnson<\/a> are suiting up to find Santa Claus in the first look at <\/span>Red One<\/span><\/em>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 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 <\/span>J.K. Simmons<\/a> playing a very buff St. Nick and Johnson, 52, acting as the head of security for “the man with the bag.”<\/span><\/p>\n 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.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n “Someone took Red,” Johnson says in the first minute of the trailer. “We’re gonna find him.”<\/span><\/p>\n Evans — who plays master tracker Jack O’Malley — is\u00a0recruited by another member of the E.L.F team, Zoe (<\/span>Lucy Liu<\/a>), to help find “Red One” (aka Santa Claus) before time runs out and Christmas is ruined for millions of children around the world.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n “Are you saying Santa Claus has been kidnapped?” Evans asks Liu and Johnson, laughing and expressing his disbelief.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n “You can’t trust this guy, he’s on <\/span>the list<\/span><\/em>,” Johnson tells Liu of Evans’ character.\u00a0“You don’t mean–” Evans begins as the <\/span>Moana <\/span><\/em>actor cuts him off, “Yes, that list. NL-4.”\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n “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.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The rest of the trailer features Evans and Johnson getting up to major shenanigans, including using a little bit of holiday magic to turn a toy car into a driveable luxury vehicle, slapping Krampus — the devilish companion to St. Nick from German lore — and battling with mega-snowmen who have the ability to rebuild themselves,\u00a0all set to a unique mashup of JAY-Z’s “Dirt Off Your Shoulder” and “Carol of the Bells.”<\/span><\/p>\n “There’s worse ways to go out than trying to save Santa Claus,” Evans says in the nearly three-minute video dropped on Tuesday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Aside from the obvious star power mentioned above,<\/span> Red One <\/span><\/em>also\u00a0features Bonnie Hunt, Nick Kroll, Kiernan Shipka, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Marc Evan Jackson and <\/span>Game of Thrones<\/span><\/em> alum Kristofer Hivju. It is helmed by <\/span>Jumangi: The Next Level <\/span><\/em>director Jake Kasdan and written by <\/span>Fast & Furious<\/span><\/em> scribe Chris Morgan.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The film was originally slated to hit Amazon MGM Studios’ streaming platform, Prime Video, in time for the 2023 holiday season but was ultimately pushed back a full year. At the time, those in charge cited the 118-day SAG-AFTRA strike as the reason for the postponement. The film was <\/span>one of numerous projects delayed<\/a>, including Luca Guadagnino’s <\/span>Challengers <\/span><\/em>and <\/span>Dune: Part 2<\/span><\/em>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Red One <\/span><\/em>now sleigh-rides into theaters on Nov. 15.<\/span><\/p>\n RELATED CONTENT:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n