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Dwayne Johnson to return for San Andreas sequel

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Dwayne Johnson is set to reunite with director Brad Peyton for a sequel to last year’s disaster movie San Andreas, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that Neil Widener and Gavin James have signed on to pen the script. Johnson is expected to be joined in the reunion by co-stars Carla Gugino, Alexandra Daddario and Paul […]

Video game movie Rampage shooting this year; San Andreas writers hired

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Last we heard, the video game adaptation Rampage was being written by Ryan Engle (Non-Stop), but its star Dwayne Johnson has announced via Instagram that Carlton Cuse & Ryan Condal (San Andreas, Colony) have joined the project for a re-write. Brad Peyton (San Andreas) is set to direct. “We have a shot to raise the bar […]

Dwayne Johnson named highest grossing international box office star of 2015

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Having topped the international box office back in 2013, former WWE star Dwayne Johnson has now repeated the feat for 2015, with last year’s hits San Andreas and Fast & Furious 7 generating $1.488 billion and earning The Rock the title of Top International Box Office Star. “Only way to start this post is with […]

Fox picks up Dwayne Johnson cop series Boost Unit

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Fox has picked up the hourlong scripted cop drama Boost Unit from Dwayne Johnson and Dany Garcia’s Seven Bucks Productions and Imperative Entertainment. The series is described as “a high-octane action-packed drama that follows the newest recruit of the LAPD’s Auto Theft Task Force, a notorious getaway driver with a hidden past.” “I’ve had a […]

Kelly Rohrbach to play C.J. Parker in Baywatch movie

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Dwayne Johnson has taken to Instagram to reveal that model-turned actress Kelly Rohrbach has joined the cast of the Baywatch movie as C.J. Parker, the role played by Pamela Anderson in the original TV series. The Rock made the announcement on Instagram, where he also put Rohrbach’s slow motion running skills to the test… A […]

Chris Evans is Hollywood’s “best value” star of 2015

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Earlier in the week Forbes announced its list of the most overpaid stars of 2015, with Johnny Depp topping the list of actors who offer the least return on their salary. Now we have a look at those names on the opposite end of the scale, with Forbes revealing that Chris Evans has offered the […]

Dwayne Johnson joins Will Gluck action comedy

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New Line Cinema has snapped up the rights to an as-yet-untitled action comedy from director Will Gluck (Easy A, Annie) and screenwriter Dave Callaham (The Expendables, Godzilla), which has Dwayne Johnson attached to star. Deadline reports that plot details are being kept under wraps, but its seen as “a throwback to those mismatched buddy action […]

Kurt Russell shares his thoughts on the Big Trouble in Little China remake

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Back in June, when it was announced that Dwayne Johnson was on board to star in a remake of the 1986 cult classic Big Trouble in Little China, director John Carpenter almost immediately chimed in on the news saying that he was “ambivalent” about the idea of a remake. Now, Kurt Russell, who starred in […]

Dwayne Johnson’s Ballers is HBO’s biggest comedy for six years

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Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s stock continues to rise as his new HBO comedy show Ballers has enjoyed impressive viewings figures, delivering the highest for a half-hour show on the network for six years. Despite the show’s finale being up against the premiere of AMC’s Fear the Walking Dead, Ballers wrapped its first season with some […]