Lucky McKee was the original director and had been shooting for several weeks when he was fired and replaced by Trygve Allister Diesen for unknown reasons. Angela Bettis (a frequent McKee collaborator) was also attached to the project, playing the role of Carrie, but was fired and replaced by Kim Dickens for, again, unknown reasons.
Brian Cox has been in three movies named "Red". The others being RED (2010) and RED 2 (2013). He also appeared in Red Eye (2005).