Nepo Bust: How Nepo Baby Directors Made Some of the Biggest Flops of the Year, From ‘Red One’ to ‘The Watchers’
variety.comTatiana Siegel It can take just a generation for a family name to go from Oscar darling to Razzie frontrunner. Case in point: Jake Kasdan’s Christmas-themed “Red One” landed in theaters on Nov.
15 with a thud louder than Santa’s sleigh hitting a rooftop. The Dwayne Johnson–Chris Evans pairing, which chronicles the bid to rescue Old Saint Nick after he is kidnapped from the North Pole on Christmas Eve, has mustered just $175 million worldwide to date despite a colossal $250 million budget.
For Kasdan, the son of four-time Oscar nominee Lawrence Kasdan (“The Big Chill,” “Body Heat”), the “Red One” reviews were even harsher than the box office, with the film receiving a 30% score on Rotten Tomatoes.
Kasdan — whose track record outside “Red One” was enviable, with $2.5 billion in box office from the recent “Jumanji” films and others — was far from alone this year.
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