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Omar Miller To Co-Star In HBO’s Dwayne Johnson Dramedy Pilot

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday May 8, 2013 @ 5:13pm PDTTags: Dwayne Johnson, Mark Wahlberg, Omar Miller, Peter Berg
Nellie Andreeva

Omar Miller, Dwayne Johnson, HBO pilotEXCLUSIVE: CSI: Miami alum Omar Miller is set to co-star opposite Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson in HBO’s untitled dramedy pilot Johnson executive produces with Mark Wahlberg and Steve Levinson. Written by Levinson, the project chronicles the lives of athletes — some retired, some still active — living in Miami. Miller will play Charles, an affable former pro athlete who is searching for his next career. Peter Berg is directing the pilot and will executive produce, along with Johnson’s manager Dany Garcia, who runs his production company. Miller, repped by Don Buchwald & Associates and MBST, next will be seen in action feature Homefront, written by Sylvester Stallone and directed by Gary Fleder.

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Dwayne Johnson To Star In & Produce HBO Pilot About Athletes From Steve Levinson & Mark Wahlberg, Peter Berg To Direct

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday May 2, 2013 @ 9:30am PDTTags: Dwayne Johnson, HBO, Mark Wahlberg, Peter Berg
Nellie Andreeva

HBO has given a pilot order to a half-hour dramedy pilot starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. This marks the first TV-starring role for the movie actor/wrestler, who is executive producing the project with his Pain & Gain co-star Mark Wahlberg and Steve Levinson. Peter Berg is on board to direct the pilot and will executive produce, along with Johnson’s manager Dany Garcia who runs his production company. Written by Levinson, the untitled project chronicles the lives of athletes — some retired, some still active — living in Miami. Johnson will play one of them, with filming eyed for the fall.

Johnson’s collaboration with Wahlberg and his manager/ frequent producing partner Levinson on the project, based on an idea by Levinson, stems from Johnson and Wahlberg’s work together on Michael Bay’s action movie Pain & Gain, which opened at No. 1 this past weekend. The two actors also are repped by the same agency, WME. Read More »

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TNT Announces Summer Premiere Dates For New Dwayne Johnson Series ‘The Hero’, ‘Rizzoli & Isles’ & More: Video

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Thursday March 21, 2013 @ 12:01pm PDTTags: Dwayne Johnson, Rizzoli & Isles, The Hero, TNT

Other networks are announcing their season finales this week but TNT is putting up dates for when its shows are coming back and when new series are debuting this summer. The network announced that the Dwayne … Read More »

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Rufus Sewell Joining Dwayne Johnson In MGM’s ‘Hercules’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday March 20, 2013 @ 3:43pm PDTTags: Dwayne Johnson, Hercules, MGM, Rufus Sewell
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EXCLUSIVE: Rufus Sewell is set to star as Autolycus alongside Dwayne Johnson in Hercules for MGM. Ryan Condal has written the film and Evan Spiliotopoulos rewrite it and Brett Ratner is directing. Ratner will produce with Barry Levine and Beau Flynn. After renouncing his mythological origins, Hercules lives in exile and fights as a mercenary for hire alongside his loyal but weary comrades. Hercules and his crew will face their most challenging labor yet when one battle forces the man behind the myth to question everything he once believed, and reconsider the truth behind his own legend. The pic has been set to open July 25, 2014. Read More »

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Super Bowl Spot: ‘Fast & Furious 6′

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Sunday February 3, 2013 @ 4:10pm PSTTags: Dwayne Johnson, Fast & Furious 6, Fast 6, Paul Walker, Vin Diesel

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Vin Diesel, Paul Walker & Co. are back behind the wheel in Universal’s Fast & Furious 6, which opens May 24:


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Paramount Dates ‘Hercules’ August 8, 2014

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday January 16, 2013 @ 5:50pm PSTTags: Brett Ratner, Dwayne Johnson, Hercules, Paramount Pictures

Paramount‘s Brett Ratner-directed Hercules, starring Dwayne Johnson as the legendary strongman, will hit theaters August 8, 2014, a week after Disney/Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy is slated to bow. Hercules is an adaptation of the 2008 Radical … Read More »

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Hot Trailer: Dwayne Johnson In ‘Snitch’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday November 21, 2012 @ 11:57am PSTTags: Dwayne Johnson, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Ric Roman Waugh

Dwayne Johnson goes undercover to nail a drug cartel to free his imprisoned son who was set up for a bust. Snitch is slated for February 22nd, and Johnson has at least four other movies coming out next year: G.I. Joe: Retaliation on March 29, Pain … Read More »

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Paramount & MGM Team Up For ‘Hercules’; Dwayne Johnson To Star, Brett Ratner To Direct

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Wednesday November 7, 2012 @ 2:37pm PSTTags: Big Deals Film, Brett Ratner, Dwayne Johnson, Hercules, MGM, Paramount

Dwayne Johnson really will play the classic strongman Hercules onscreen. The Brett Ratner-directed Hercules action film will be co-produced by Paramount and MGM, the companies announced today. Johnson and Ratner’s names have been attached to the project … Read More »

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Paul Walker On The Mend After ‘Fast And Furious 6′ Mishap

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday October 11, 2012 @ 3:22pm PDTTags: Dwayne Johnson, Paul Walker, Vin Diesel
Mike Fleming

Will Paul Walker have to drive an automatic after suffering an ACL injury on Fast And Furious 6? The answer is no, but Walker has been limping since getting hurt doing some stunt work earlier today on the … Read More »

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Barry Sonnenfeld In Talks To Direct Dwayne Johnson In Warner Bros’ ‘Lore’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday September 25, 2012 @ 11:47am PDTTags: Andrew Lazar, Barry Sonnenfeld, Big Deals Film, Dwayne Johnson, Lore, Warner Bros
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Barry Sonnenfeld is in talks to direct Dwayne Johnson in Lore, a film based on an Ashley Wood IDW graphic novel about a secret order that defends the world against creatures thought to be mythological, but … Read More »

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TNT Greenlights Reality Competition Series ‘The Hero’ From Dwayne Johnson & Electus

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday September 5, 2012 @ 9:36am PDTTags: Big Deals TV, Dwayne Johnson, TNT
Nellie Andreeva

TNT launched its first reality competition series The Great Escape to modest ratings results this summer. But the cable network is staying in the space with a green light to The Hero (working title), a new reality-competition series starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. The project, which has received an eight-episode order for a premiere next summer, comes from Ben Silverman’s Electus and its 5×5 Media. Johnson will executive-produce with his producing partner, Dany Garcia.

According to TNT, The Hero will bring 10 ordinary people together in a house and then assign them various missions that will test their brains, their brawn and even their morality. The show will challenge the competitors to prove they’ve got what it takes to be heroes, pushing them to the limits to see what they are willing (and able) to overcome, undergo or sacrifice for the sake of their fellow contestants. Johnson will serve as mentor and motivator. In the end, one player will be declared a true hero. “The Hero speaks to everything I believe in when it comes to challenging ourselves, to becoming better people every day and to making the right choices while growing from the wrong ones,” Johnson said. Read More »

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Liam Hemsworth & Dwayne Johnson In ‘Empire State’: First Photos

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday June 26, 2012 @ 5:25pm PDTTags: Dwayne Johnson, Emmett/Furla Films, Empire State, Liam Hemsworth

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a first look at photos from the set of Empire State, the indie drama that stars Liam Hemsworth and Dwayne Johnson and tells the true story … Read More »

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International Trailer: ‘G.I. Joe: Retaliation’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday April 25, 2012 @ 9:48pm PDTTags: Bruce Willis, Dwayne Johnson, G.I. Joe: Retaliation

The international trailer for the followup to G.I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra adds Bruce Willis and Dwayne Johnson to the mix along with Ray Park — and, somehow, Channing Tatum. Hitting the web a day after the latest domestic trailer, this one is cut differently, looks fairly similar but … Read More »

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Dwayne Johnson, Electus On Hunt For ‘The Hero’ In New Competition Series

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Tuesday April 17, 2012 @ 7:53am PDTTags: Ben Silverman, Dwayne Johnson, Electus

Ben Silverman’s Electus is teaming with Dwayne Johnson on TV and social media competition series The Hero. The show will lead a search for the next great hero by setting ordinary people on a high-stakes global adventure. Three teams will … Read More »

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Dwayne Johnson In Warner Bros Deal For ‘Lore’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday April 12, 2012 @ 5:30pm PDTTags: Dwayne Johnson, The Rock
Mike Fleming

BREAKING: Dwayne Johnson is attached to Lore, a pic that was just bought by Warner Bros as a star vehicle for Johnson  stars in the upcoming GI Joe 2, Empire State, and Pain and Gain. Cory Goodman is writing with … Read More »

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Dwayne Johnson To Star In ‘Ciudad,’ First Russo Brothers Feature Since 2006

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday March 5, 2012 @ 3:00pm PSTTags: Anthony Russo, Dwayne Johnson, Joe Russo
Mike Fleming

Dwayne Johnson CiudadEXCLUSIVE: Dwayne Johnson has signed on to star in Ciudad, an intense action thriller to be directed by Joe and Anthony Russo. The pic is being produced by Eric Gitter and Peter Schwerin of Closed on Mondays Entertainment (Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World), as well as Emmett/Furla Films partners Randall Emmett & George Furla. Emmett/Furla Films will finance the movie. Envision Entertainment’s Stepan Martirosyan and Remington Chase, who have a film fund with Emmett/Furla Films, will executive produce. The Russo Brothers will direct from a script written by Joe Russo.

Ciudad is based on the upcoming Oni Press graphic novel that the Russo Brothers co-wrote with Ande Parks. Set in one of the most dangerous and corrupt cities in the world, the thriller will star Johnson as a black market mercenary hired by a Brazilian drug lord to rescue his kidnapped daughter. Read More »

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IMAX Sets Feb. 10 Release For ‘Journey 2′

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday February 3, 2012 @ 2:00pm PSTTags: Dwayne Johnson, IMAX, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, Warner Bros Pictures

Los Angeles, CA – Feb. 3, 2011 – IMAX Corporation (NYSE:IMAX; TSX:IMX) and Warner Bros. Pictures today announced that the 3D family adventure Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, starring Dwayne Johnson, Michael Caine, Josh Hutcherson, Vanessa Hudgens, Luis Guzmán

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Liam Hemsworth To Star In ‘Empire State’: Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson In Negotiations

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Thursday January 5, 2012 @ 2:03am PSTTags: Dwayne Johnson, Liam Hemsworth

EXCLUSIVE: I’ve just learned that The Hunger Games‘ Liam Hemsworth is about to close a deal to star as ‘Chris’ in Empire State, an indie heist movie written by Adam Mazer (Breach, HBO’s You Don’t Know Jack) with Dito Montiel (Fighting, The Son … Read More »

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Hot Trailer: ‘G.I. Joe: Retaliation’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday December 20, 2011 @ 6:17pm PSTTags: Channing Tatum, Dwayne Johnson, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Jon M. Chu

Dwayne Johnson signed on for G.I. Joe: Retaliation, the followup to Rise Of The Cobra. Channing Tatum returns and the trailer saves what might be the best, for last. Directed by Jon M. Chu (Step Up 2, Step Up 3D), it’s slated to open June 29.

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