Chris Evans’ upcoming action film will fortunately put an end to a disappointing career trend

Chris Evans‘ next film 2024 is Red Oneand thus he will end a disappointing career trend. Chris Evans has become one of the most popular and beloved actors of his generation, and his various projects always generate a lot of interest and anticipation. Evans’ acting career began in 1997, but his big break came in the early 2000s. Evans played the lead role in the comedy Not another teen movie In 2001 and 2005 he entered the world of superheroes when he played Johnny Storm aka Human Torch in Fantastic Four.

After participating in other projects such as comedies, thrillers and more, Evans returned to the superhero genre with Captain America: The First Avengerwhich established him as an action star and earned him the praise and love of the audience. Now that his time in the Marvel Cinematic Universe has come to an end after his appearance in Avengers: EndgameEvans has been pushing forward a number of projects, and his upcoming films include Red Onewhich is scheduled for release in November 2024. Evans plays a leading role in which he finally breaks a disappointing career trend.

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“Red One” will be Evans’ first lead role in a live-action film in 5 years

Red One brings Evans back to the screen in a leading role

Despite his talent and popularity, Chris Evans has not starred in a live-action film for five years. His last role as part of the main cast of a live-action film was in Rian Johnson’s Knife out in 2019, where he played Ransom Drysdale. Since then Evans has appeared in various films, but either in supporting or cameo roles or in films that were released on streaming platforms and never made it to theaters at all.

Evans made cameo appearances in Shawn Levy’s Free guy in 2021 and Deadpool and Wolverine in 2024, playing himself in the former and Johnny Storm in the latter. Also in 2021, Evans had an uncredited cameo in Adam McKay’s Don’t look upreleased on Netflix, and in 2022 he voiced Buzz Lightyear in Pixar’s light yearLater in 2022, Evans starred in the Russo Brothers’ Netflix action film The Grey Man alongside Ryan Gosling, and in 2023 he starred in (and produced) Apple TV+’s romantic action comedy Ghostly and Netflix Pain Hustler.

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Red Onewill be Evans’ big return to the big screen in a leading role since Knife out. Director: Jake Kasdan, Red One is an action comedy starring Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans. It is the story of Callum Drift (Johnson), Santa Claus’ (JK Simmons) head of security at the North Pole, who teams up with hacker and bounty hunter Jack O’Malley (Evans) when Santa Claus is kidnapped.

Chris Evans’ recent streaming films left a lot to be desired

Chris Evans hasn’t had the best run at streaming movies

As mentioned above, Evans has been the leading actress in several films since Knife outbut these were streaming releases – and unfortunately they were not successful. Of these projects, the one that looked quite promising, The Grey Man thanks to the involvement of the Russo Brothers, its premise and its big budget (200 million dollars), but It was a very clichéd story, it lacked character developmentand was overall a very forgettable film.

Ghostly also seemed to have the makings of a success, with Dexter Fletcher as director, Ana de Armas in the lead role alongside Evans and a budget of $40 million, but the film failed due to its inconsistent tone and the lack of chemistry between Evans and Armas. Whether Red One Whether it is well received by critics and audiences or not, it will at least Chris Evans return to the big screen in a leading role and break a strange and disappointing career trend.