Red Dawn (2012 film)

Red Dawn
Red Dawn
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Dan Bradley
Screenplay by	Carl Ellsworth; Jeremy Passmore;
Based on	Red Dawn; by Kevin Reynolds; and John Milius
Produced by	Beau Flynn; Tripp Vinson;
Starring	Chris Hemsworth; Josh Peck; Josh Hutcherson; Adrianne Palicki; Isabel Lucas; Connor Cruise; Jeffrey Dean Morgan;
Cinematography	Mitchell Amundsen
Edited by	Richard Pearson
Music by	Ramin Djawadi
Production; companies	Contrafilm; United Artists
Distributed by	FilmDistrict (United States); FilmNation Entertainment (International)
Release dates	September 27, 2012 (Fantastic Fest); November 21, 2012 (United States);
Running time	93 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	English, Korean
Budget	$65 million
Box office	$50.9 million

Red Dawn is a 2012 American action war film directed by Dan Bradley and written by Carl Ellsworth and Jeremy Passmore. It is a remake of the 1984 film of the same name. The film stars Chris Hemsworth, Josh Peck, Josh Hutcherson, Adrianne Palicki, Isabel Lucas, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. The film centers on a group of young people who defend their hometown from a North Korean invasion.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer announced its intention to remake Red Dawn in May 2008 and subsequently hired Bradley and Ellsworth. The principal characters were cast the following year and the film went into production in September 2009 in Mount Clemens, Michigan. Originally scheduled to be released on September 24, 2010, and November 24, 2010, the film was shelved because of MGM's financial troubles. While in post-production, the invading army and antagonists were changed from Chinese to North Korean in order to maintain access to the Chinese box office, though the film was still not released in China.^[6]

Because of MGM's bankruptcy, the distribution rights were sold to FilmDistrict in September 2011 and the film was released in the United States on November 21, 2012, to mostly negative reviews. The film is also a box-office bomb, grossing $50.9 million against its $65 million budget.

^ "Red Dawn Remake Finally Gets A Release Date". ScreenRant.com. November 24, 2011. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Red Dawn". American Film Institute. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
^ Hazelton, John (31 October 2012). "Red Dawn". Screen Daily. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
^ "Red Dawn (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. March 8, 2013. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Red Dawn (2012)". Box Office Mojo. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
^ O’Connor, Sean; Armstrong, Nicholas (October 28, 2015). "DIRECTED BY HOLLYWOOD, EDITED BY CHINA: HOW CHINA'S CENSORSHIP AND INFLUENCE AFFECT FILMS WORLDWIDE" (PDF). The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. Retrieved July 20, 2017.

[screenrant-1] "Red Dawn Remake Finally Gets A Release Date". ScreenRant.com. November 24, 2011. Retrieved November 26, 2011.

[afi-2] "Red Dawn". American Film Institute. Retrieved November 13, 2016.

[3] Hazelton, John (31 October 2012). "Red Dawn". Screen Daily. Retrieved 12 August 2021.

[4] "Red Dawn (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. March 8, 2013. Retrieved October 28, 2016.

[Mojo-5] "Red Dawn (2012)". Box Office Mojo. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved April 3, 2013.

[6] O’Connor, Sean; Armstrong, Nicholas (October 28, 2015). "DIRECTED BY HOLLYWOOD, EDITED BY CHINA: HOW CHINA'S CENSORSHIP AND INFLUENCE AFFECT FILMS WORLDWIDE" (PDF). The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. Retrieved July 20, 2017.

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