Red is an American actioncomedy film series inspired by the limited comic book series of the same name created by Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner, and published by the DC Comics imprint Homage. The film stars Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, MaryLouise Parker, Helen Mirren, and Karl Urban with German film director Robert Schwentke directing a screenplay by Jon Hoeber and Erich Hoeber. In the film version, the title is derived from the designation of the status of agent Frank Moses Willis, meaning Retired, Extremely Dangerous. The first film was released on October 15, 2010. A sequel, Red 2, was released on July 19, 2013.
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