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Dwayne Johnson To Star In ‘Monster Hunter’s Survival Guide’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday November 18, 2011 @ 2:01pm PSTTags: Dwayne Johnson, Simon Kinberg
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Dwayne Johnson has become attached to star in Monster Hunter’s Survival Guide, a live action adventure film based on the comic book miniseries by John Paul Russ that was published by Zenescope Entertainment. The film will be produced by Simon Kinberg through his Genre Films shingle. The book series is a comprehensive guide to hunt monsters, the undead and unnatural beasts, and survive the confrontations.

Johnson has had quite a rebound year. He joined the cast of Fast Five and helped the film to more than $626 million in worldwide box office, and he revived his Rock persona in the wrestling ring, hosting WrestleMania XXVII. Now, he’s back in the ring and is the main event for Sunday’s Survivor Series at Madison Square Garden, which sold out in 90 minutes. He’ll be the headliner of WrestleMania XXVIII, which has already broken ticket sales records.

Johnson is in production on G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation, playing the character Roadblock, and then follows with the Ric Roman Waugh-directed Snitch, playing a man who turns DEA informant to reduce his son’s prison sentence. Susan Sarandon, Jon Bernthal, Michael Kenneth Williams, Rafi Gavron and Barry Pepper. Kinberg produced X-Men: First Class, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, and the Neil Blomkamp-directed Elysium, which is shooting. He’s prepping the Mark Romanek-directed Cinderella. Johnson’s repped by WME and manager Dany Garcia.

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Michael Kenneth Williams In Talks For ‘Django Unchained’ and ‘Snitch’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday November 16, 2011 @ 10:52am PSTTags: Django Unchained, Dwayne Johnson, Jamie Foxx, Quentin Tarantino, Ric Roman Waugh, Snitch
Mike Fleming

UPDATE: Insiders on Django Unchained said that the talks with Michael Kenneth Williams just won’t work out because of his schedule on Boardwalk Empire. They are scrapping that role completely.

EXCLUSIVE: Michael Kenneth Williams, best known for his work … Read More »

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‘Walking Dead’s Jon Bernthal Joins ‘Snitch’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday November 15, 2011 @ 7:23am PSTTags: Dwayne Johnson, Film Castings, Ric Roman Waugh, Roman Polanski, Snitch, Summit Entertainment, Susan Sarandon
Mike Fleming

Jon Bernthal, whose Shane character on AMC’s The Walking Dead is on one twisted journey in the show’s second season, will join Dwayne Johnson and Susan Sarandon in Snitch. That’s the Ric Roman Waugh-directed action drama for Summit Entertainment that … Read More »

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Paramount, Bad Robot Set Scribes For ‘Boilerplate’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday November 3, 2011 @ 9:54am PDTTags: Dwayne Johnson, JJ Abrams, Mark Twain, Patrick McKay, Shawn Levy, Taylor Lautner
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Pictures and JJ Abrams’ Bad Robot have hired JD Payne and Patrick McKay to write the script for Boilerplate, based on the Paul Guinan and Anina Bennett graphic novel Boilerplate: History’s Mechanical Marvel. Bad Robot will produce with … Read More »

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Metallica Gets Rocking On 3D Feature Film

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday October 21, 2011 @ 4:40pm PDTTags: Dwayne Johnson, Josh Hutcherson, Metallica, Michael Caine
Mike Fleming

The members of the heavy metal band Metallica are planning to self-finance a 3D feature film, I’m told. The band has hired producer Charlotte Huggins to get the ball rolling. She has produced the 3D films Journey to the Center … Read More »

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‘Zombieland’ Scribe Team Tackles Hasbro’s ‘Micronauts’ For JJ Abrams And Paramount

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday October 17, 2011 @ 4:03pm PDTTags: Brian Goldner, Bruce Willis, Channing Tatum, Dwayne Johnson, JJ Abrams, Jon M. Chu, Paramount, Paul Wernick, Rhett Reese, Ryan Reynolds
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese are getting the job turning the Hasbro toyline Micronauts into a feature film for JJ Abrams and Paramount Pictures. Along with the prospect of another Transformers film, Micronauts was one of the Hasbro brands … Read More »

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NBC Buys Dwayne Johnson-Bruckheimer Wrestling Drama Set In 1980s

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday August 23, 2011 @ 1:39pm PDTTags: Dwayne Johnson, Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman, NBC, Warner Bros. TV
Nellie Andreeva

NBC is getting in the ring with a put pilot commitment to a drama about the 1980s professional wrestling boom that is executive produced by one of the biggest ’90s wrestling stars, Dwayne Johnson, aka The Rock. The fictional drama set in the world of wrestling in the ’80s hails from Bruckheimer TV, marking a departure from the company’s signature brand of procedurals. It will be written by Brent Fletcher and Seamus Kevin Fahey (Spartacus: Gods of the Arena), who will co-executive produce alongside KristieAnne Reed. Johnson, Bruckheimer and Jonathan Littman are executive producing.

The ’80s, often called “the golden age of wrestling”, marked a surge in the popularity of professional wrestling in the U.S. fueled by the growth of cable television and pay-per-view and the efforts of hot-shot promoters like Vince McMahon. During that period, pro wrestling shifted from a system controlled by numerous regional companies to a system dominated by two nationwide companies: Ted Turner’s World Championship Wrestling and McMahon’s World Wrestling Federation. It featured the launch of WrestleMania and the emergence of wrestling’s first crop of superstars led by Hulk Hugan. The project extends the popularity of period dramas among the broadcast networks, which have two such series, the 1960s-set Pan Am on ABC and The Playboy Club on NBC, premiering this fall. It also expands wrestling’s presence at NBCUniversal. Read More »

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Beau Flynn Makes New First-Look Producing Deal At New Line

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday August 22, 2011 @ 4:50pm PDTTags: Anna Faris, Beau Flynn, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Dwayne Johnson, Gemma Arterton, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, Jeremy Renner, Josh Hutcherson, Michael Caine, Toby Emmerich, Tripp Vinson, What's Your Number
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: After splitting up with Contrafilm partner Tripp Vinson in June following a decade-long partnership, Beau Flynn has formed a new company, Flynn Picture Co. He hasn’t strayed far from home. Flynn has made a two-year, non-exclusive, … Read More »

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JJ Abrams Moving Toward Helming ‘Star Trek 2,’ But ‘G.I. Joe’ Sequel Will Get His June 29, 2012 Release Slot

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday July 27, 2011 @ 12:20pm PDTTags: Adam Cozad, Adrianne Palicki, Alex Kurtzman, Channing Tatum, Damon Lindelof, David Koepp, Dwayne Johnson, G.I. Joe 2, JJ Abrams, Jon M. Chu, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Roberto Orci
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Now that the launch of Super 8 is behind him, JJ Abrams is moving toward a commitment to direct Star Trek 2. But just as Deadline has been telling you, there’s no way that he’ll be able to make the June 29, 2012 release date that Paramount carved out for the film. I’m told that the studio will give that slot to G.I. Joe: Retaliation, the sequel that will be directed by Jon M. Chu and stars Channing Tatum, Dwayne Johnson and Adrianne Palicki, with Lorenzo di Bonaventura producing.

Abrams has just returned from vacation and is hunkering down with writers Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof to work on the Trek script and beginning prep for a Trek sequel that will likely begin production in January and either be dated for release for the fourth quarter of 2012 or summer 2013. Abrams hasn’t formally committed and hasn’t approved a script yet, but the studio has exercised its option on the cast and they will be ready when Abrams is. All this means that Chris Pine will definitely play Captain Kirk before he reboots Jack Ryan for the same studio. Read More »

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Joe Mazzello Enlists For ‘G.I. Joe 2′

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday July 26, 2011 @ 4:27pm PDTTags: Adrianne Palicki, Channing Tatum, Dwayne Johnson, G.I. Joe 2, Jon M. Chu, Josh Schwartz, Ray Stevenson
Mike Fleming

Joe Mazzello has been set to play the role of Mouse in G.I. Joe 2: Cobra Strikes, a role a lot of young guys wanted in the Jon M. Chu-directed Paramount film that stars Channing Tatum, Dwayne Johnson, Adrianne Palicki … Read More »

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Adrianne Palicki Joins ‘G.I. Joe: Cobra Strikes’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday July 1, 2011 @ 9:01am PDTTags: Adrianne Palicki, Bruce Willis, Channing Tatum, Dwayne Johnson, G.I. Joe: Cobra Strikes, Jon M. Chu, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Rhett Reese
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Friday Nights Lights series star Adrianne Palicki will play the female lead in the Paramount sequel to G.I. Joe: Cobra Strikes. She’ll play Lady Jaye and joins a cast that includes Channing Tatum, as well as Dwayne Johnson, who … Read More »

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Contrafilm Partners Beau Flynn And Tripp Vinson Splitting After Decade Together

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday June 17, 2011 @ 12:41pm PDTTags: Adam McKay, Anna Faris, Beau Flynn, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, ContraFilm, Dwayne Johnson, Gemma Arterton, Jeremy Renner, Josh Hutcherson, Michael Caine, New Line, Tripp Vinson, Vanessa Hudgens, Will Ferrell
Mike Fleming

UPDATE: Beau Flynn and Tripp Vinson have formally announced their split and issued this statement: “We have nothing but love and respect for each other, and our decision to pursue our own separate paths after 10 amazing years … Read More »

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Dwayne Johnson Circles ‘G.I. Joe 2′; Channing Tatum Also Looking Good For Encore

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday June 6, 2011 @ 10:35am PDTTags: Channing Tatum, Dwayne Johnson, G.I. Joe: Cobra Strikes, Jon M. Chu, Justin Bieber
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: After seeing his stock rise from starring in Fast Five, Dwayne Johnson is in talks to join another sequel. I’m told Johnson is in discussions with Paramount to join G.I. Joe: Cobra Strikes. That’s the overhauled sequel that’ll be … Read More »

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CANNES: Summit Grabs Rights To Dwayne Johnson-Starring Thriller ‘Snitch’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday May 16, 2011 @ 1:15pm PDTTags: Cannes, Dwayne Johnson, Ric Roman Waugh, Snitch, Summit Entertainment

Summit Entertainment has secured U.S. rights to Snitch, a drama based on a true story that stars Dwayne Johnson and is directed by Ric Roman Waugh. The script, by Justin Haythe and Waugh, is inspired by the Frontline documentary Snitch, … Read More »

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Dwayne (Rock) Johnson Moves To WME

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Tuesday May 3, 2011 @ 1:21pm PDTTags: Agents, Dwayne Johnson, WME

EXCLUSIVE: The Rock is one hot rock right now following the big worldwide opening of Universal’s Fast Five. This major movie star had a longtime relationship with agent Darren Statt and followed the rep from Endeavor to UTA … Read More »

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‘Fast Five’ Already Opens #1 Down Under

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Wednesday April 20, 2011 @ 11:08am PDTTags: Australia, Dwayne Johnson, Fast Five, Thor, Vin Diesel

In Australia, films traditionally open on a Thursday, but Universal opened its latest in the street-racing franchise, Fast Five, last night on a Wednesday. Studio estimates show that it grossed $2.4 million (U.S. dollars) for opening day, making it No. 1 … Read More »

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Dwayne Johnson Signs On For ‘Snitch’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday March 22, 2011 @ 5:11pm PDTTags: Dwayne Johnson, Justin Haythe, Ric Roman Waugh, Snitch
Mike Fleming

Dwayne Johnson will star in Snitch, an action thriller directed by Ric Roman Waugh for Exclusive Media Group. Script is by Justin Haythe, with a rewrite by the director. Johnson plays a working class guy who risks everything to save … Read More »

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Hot Trailer: ‘Fast Five’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday March 8, 2011 @ 1:32pm PSTTags: Dwayne Johnson, Fast Five, Paul Walker, Universal Pictures, Vin Diesel
Mike Fleming

Universal Pictures has released its second trailer for Fast Five, a film that brings back the stars of the previous four films including original duo Vin Diesel and Paul Walker, and adds Dwayne Johnson for good measure. The film bows April 29.

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Facebook Gets Vin Diesel ‘Fast Five’ Trailer

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday December 14, 2010 @ 11:16am PSTTags: Dwayne Johnson, Facebook, Fast Five, Fast Five Trailer, Movies, Paul Walker, Trailers, Vin Diesel
Mike Fleming

Here’s a first. While studios choose different venues to launch movie trailers online, Universal’s teaser trailer for Fast Five will make its debut on the Facebook page of the film’s star, Vin Diesel. Diesel has developed a following of … Read More »

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