More than eight months after wrapping “Black Adam”, Dwayne Johnson is back at work on the upcoming superhero flick.
20.04.2022 - 20:45 / deadline.com
An upcoming film adaptation of the video game It Takes Two has landed at Amazon, with Seven Bucks Productions coming aboard to produce alongside dj2 Entertainment, Deadline can confirm.
It Takes Two is an action-adventure co-op platform game developed by Hazelight Studios and published by Electronic Arts, which centers on struggling married couple May and Cody. The film will follow the couple as they contemplate divorce, finding their minds transported into two dolls that their daughter, Rose, made to represent them. They must then find a way to get back into their bodies—a quest which takes them through the most wild, unexpected and fantastical journey imaginable.
The critically acclaimed two-player game won Game of the Year at both the 2021 The Game Awards and the 25th annual D.I.C.E Awards., and has sold more than five million copies, boasting an ever-growing player count of oner 10 million worldwide. The It Takes Two film stems from first-look deals with Amazon on the part of dj2 and writers Pat Casey and Josh Miller (Sonic the Hedgehog), who are handling the screenplay adaptation. Dwayne Johnson, Dany Garcia and Hiram Garcia will produce for Seven Bucks, alongside Dmitri M. Johnson and Dan Jevons for dj2. Stephan Bugaj will exec produce for dj2, with Josef Fares and Oskar Wolontis via Hazelight Studios, as well as Casey and Miller. Kimberly Bialek will oversee production on behalf of Seven Bucks.
Casey and Miller are best known for writing the hit SEGA adaptation of Sonic the Hedgehog for Paramount, as well as Sonic the Hedgehog 2, which is currently in theaters. The duo will also be returning to write Sonic the Hedgehog 3. Their next project is the R-rated Santa action film Violent Night for Universal Pictures, which
More than eight months after wrapping “Black Adam”, Dwayne Johnson is back at work on the upcoming superhero flick.
Studios attempting to shoot massive blockbuster movies during the pandemic are facing risks of production pausing for days, weeks, or even months at a time due to safety protocols in the age of COVID. Many might assume that once a film wraps, delays and studio headaches are over, but when it comes to Dwayne Johnson‘s “Black Adam,” featuring the mega-star as the DC Comics anti-hero, the post-production process has another string of hiccups to navigate.
Tuesday’s episode of “Young Rock” is a special one. Not only does the installment chronicle Dwayne Johnson’s first-ever WWF match, but the episode was written by those who are incredibly familiar with the events chronicled within: Johnson, Hiram Garcia and Brian Gewirtz.The episode, titled “Corpus Christi,” marks Johnson and Garcia’s screenwriting debut, while Gewirtz was a longtime head writer for WWE.
wait even longer to see Dwayne Johnson’s superhero debut in “Black Adam,” but there’s a good reason why the film’s release date was pushed back from July to October.“I think we’re just in a world right now where there was a huge and understandable freeze-up when the pandemic hit and a lot of productions were put on hold,” producer and president of production at Seven Bucks Productions Hiram Garcia told TheWrap during a recent interview about NBC’s “Young Rock” series. “Now that the industry has really roared back, the pipeline for VFX is so jammed.
The Rock has hit the big 5-0.
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Gold House rings in Asian & Pacific Islander Heritage Month launching its 2022 A100 List featuring a number of impactful names including Michelle Yeoh, Dwayne Johnson and Mindy Kaling.
Dwayne Johnson's at it again doing what he does best — making fans tremble with surprise appearances!The star shared video of an awesome encounter he had with a couple of fans who showed up to the Madame Tussauds wax museum in Las Vegas to visit the actor's latest wax figure, which celebrates his Teremana tequila. In video Johnson posted on Instagram, you can see a couple of fans posing with the wax figure as the actor hides in the background.As the picture's about to be snapped, Johnson races behind the fans, gets in the frame and raises a glass. Moments later, the fans turn around for the shock of their lives.
After spending the entire week trapped in the bowels of a smoke-filled, maskless, jam-packed Caesars Palace in Las Vegas for CinemaCon, and after sitting through the various studio presentations in search of possible clues to what might be in play for the 95th annual Academy Awards, I can say two of the names we are very likely to hear about might be two of the most unexpected: Tom Cruise and Harvey Weinstein. I am not hallucinating. I will get to both in a second, but first I have to say Oscar pundits don’t really travel to this annual exhibitors convention with any realistic expectations of seeing major awards contenders.
Some friendly competition. Khloé Kardashian joined in on the fun after Dwayne Johnson jokingly compared the butt on his wax figure at Madame Tussauds to her own.
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Dwayne Johnson has one request for Madame Tussauds: give his wax figure some glutes like Khloé Kardashian‘s!
Khloe Kardashian is reacting to her new neighbor at the wax museum. On Wednesday, Dwayne Johnson made a surprise appearance at Madame Tussauds wax museum in Las Vegas to meet his latest wax figure, which celebrates his Teremana tequila. In a TikTok video created by the star, he stands next to his statue — which wears a tan vest-and-pants set -- mimicking the pose of him holding up a glass of his famous tequila.
After two years of on-and-off theater closures, the studios and the stars came out to present their wares at CinemaCon 2022. Movies from ‘Black Adam’ to ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ to Olivia Wilde’s ‘Don’t Worry Baby’ — all Covid affected in one way or another — finally got to make their pitch to theater-goers, journalists and exhibitors.
, but will be remaining on the film as a producer.Lin's announcement comes just days after production had begun on the upcoming film — he also directed, which was released last summer, and was set to direct the upcoming 11th film. «With the support of Universal, I have made the difficult decision to step back as director of FAST X, while remaining with the project as a producer,» Lin's statement read. «Over 10 years and five films, we have been able to shoot the best actors, the best stunts, and the best damn car chases.
Dwayne Johnson initially faked out the room here at Caesars Palace, thinking he had pre-taped his CinemaCon appearance.
Magic Johnson is leading by example. The basketball legend spoke with ET's Kevin Frazier ahead of the release of his new Apple TV+ docuseries,, about how his support of his son, EJ Johnson -- who came out publicly as gay in 2013 -- inspired Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade, when Wade's daughter, Zaya, came out as transgender.«We've always been people who try to do the right thing and do the thing we were supposed to do,» Johnson shared. «No way we were not gonna support our son.
Developed by Hazelight Studios and published by Electronic Arts, “It Takes Two” follows a couple on the verge of divorce who find their minds transported into two dolls made by their daughter. The game uses cooperative gameplay as players control the couple, who work together to try to find a way back to their normal bodies. Casey and Miller will serve as executive producers with the game’s lead developers, Josef Fares and Oskar Wolontis, along with Stephan Bugaj of dj2 Entertainment.