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Dwayne Johnson Teases New Video Game Movie Announcement

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is apparently making yet another video game movie, according to a recent interview, but he’s not revealed which game that’s being adapted quite yet. Johnson is no stranger at this point to video game movies given the fact that he starred in both Doom and Rampage as well...

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is apparently making yet another video game movie, according to a recent interview, but he's not revealed which game that's being adapted quite yet. Johnson is no stranger at this point to video game movies given the fact that he starred in both Doom and Rampage as well as the recent Jumanji movies that swapped the board game of the original for a video game. Given his star power, however, there is practically no telling what he could be up to other than the fact that it will likely be big.

"I can't tell you which game in particular we're doing, but there will be an announcement this year," Johnson told Men's Journal when asked about future plans to bring video game characters to the big screen. "We're going to bring one of the biggest, most badass games to the screen--one that I've played for years. I'm really excited to bring it to fans around the world. Of course we're going to do right by our gamer friends--but really we're just going to make a great movie."

 

[Notabueno]

Bets are open.

 

[Deerock71]

I'm going with Gears of War.

 

[Mr Moose]

He's playing Kratos.

 

[levyjl1988]

My bets are either Gears of War, Borderlands (added in), Monster Hunter sequel, or Animal Crossing.

 

[Mr Moose]

My bets are either Gears of War, Borderlands (added in), Monster Hunter sequel, or Animal Crossing.

Monster Hunter (2020) ⭐ 5.2 | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

1h 43m | PG-13

www.imdb.com

 

[DenchDeckard]

He's playing Kratos.

nailedit.

 

[Vandole]

I hope it's God of War. If they finally got around to making the Bioshock movie and he's starring in it I'm going to be very disappointed.

 

[ReBurn]

He's gonna play Miles Morales in the movie adaptation of the PlayStation hit

 

[sendit]

Probably Gears of War. I can’t see him playing Kratos.

 

[Deerock71]

nailedit.

 

[CheeseCake]

He's playing Kratos.

this guy? kratos?

 

[AJUMP23]

Nitendogs.

 

[a multicultural team of v]

If you smeeeeelllllllllllllllllllll, what the son of Zeus, is cookin

 

[HTK]

Great...another movie of this guy playing himself. This guy is such a terrible actor and full of shit it's unreal.

 

[Metnut]

My guess is it’s not Shin Megami Tensei

 

[Sleepwalker]

He's gonna play Abby in the TLOU2 adaptation.

 

[UnNamed]

Call of Duty

 

[Mr Moose]

this guy? kratos?

Greek arc so he doesn't need a massive beard.

 

[crunchyBiscuits]

Wonder what it is though I'd probably skip because I'm not a fan of his acting

 

[yurinka]

God of War, Gears of War or Knack

 

[j0hnnix]

It's going to be Kirby Dreamland.

 

[Brigandier]

He's playing raven in MGS!!!

Probs GoW

 

[IntentionalPun]

Movie is going to be titled..

Knack 3

kyliethicc

 

[Barlow]

Doom Guy, GoW (both) or Pegga Pig

 

[Kadve]

Greek arc so he doesn't need a massive beard.

I honestly cant see him as Kratos either. He is to "innocent" for a lack of better word and not sure if he could pull off an Anti-hero.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

It'll be in the jungle for sure.

 

[Solrac]

 

[TVexperto]

is he adapting the great video game classic jumanji?

 

[The_Mike]

It'll be in the jungle for sure.

Then it's monster hunter.

 

[bender]

The Scorpion King: Rise of the Akkadian Remastered.

 

[Lognor]

It'll be in the jungle for sure.

And I'd bet money he'll be playing the same character he always plays - Dwayne Johnson.

He really nails that role.

 

[Mr Moose]

I honestly cant see him as Kratos either. He is to "innocent" for a lack of better word and not sure if he could pull off an Anti-hero.

Black Adam (2022) ⭐ 6.2 | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

2h 5m | PG-13

www.imdb.com

 

[Stuart360]

I bet its God of War. Its obviously going to be something that has a huge muscular main character i would of thought.

If it is GOW, i hope its based more on GOW3 and that games epicness, not the reboot with his annoying son and pussified Kratos.

 

[chromhound]

Skyrim : The Rock edition

 

[ZywyPL]

I honestly cant see him as Kratos either. He is to "innocent" for a lack of better word and not sure if he could pull off an Anti-hero.

Your thinking about the old vengeful Kratos, but the new one is also a lot softer than he used to be, so Johnson would fit perfectly with his physique, especially with that grey beard:

"Boy..."

 

[Airbus Jr]

Black Adam or Shazam videogame

 

[Portugeezer]

I honestly cant see him as Kratos either. He is to "innocent" for a lack of better word and not sure if he could pull off an Anti-hero.

 

[CamHostage]

Black Adam or Shazam videogame

You read it backwards (I did the same thing.) This is a movie based on an existing video game series, not a new video game.

It'll be in the jungle for sure.

Maybe a very different reboot of Tomb Raider....

 

[GrayFoxPL]

Black Adam the game.

 

[BennyBlanco]

Can’t wait

 

[SafeOrAlone]

Imagine he wanted to be Solid Snake, and it was the only way to get the project off the ground. I'd feel weird.

I could actually see Andrew Garfield being a great Raiden. I mean, who am I kidding, he'd be great in most roles, but that'd work well for me.

 

[Dick Jones]

He will play The Rock in WWE 2k20:The Movie

Then 2k can release WWE 2k20: The Movie The Game

With his history with MS it should be probably Gears which could suck for Big Dave's chances.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Imagine he wanted to be Solid Snake, and it was the only way to get the project off the ground. I'd feel weird.

I could actually see Andrew Garfield being a great Raiden. I mean, who am I kidding, he'd be great in most roles, but that'd work well for me.

Hard to imagine someone who's 6'5 and 270 pounds doing anything regarding stealth.

 

[SafeOrAlone]

Hard to imagine someone who's 6'5 and 270 pounds doing anything regarding stealth.

Good point. And he certainly wouldn't be my choice, to be clear.
I can just see it happening, for some reason. I guess because the movie has been in "development" for so long and needs some star power.

Oh wait, Oscar Isaac already signed on, huh? Nice.

 

[GrayFoxPL]

Imagine he wanted to be Solid Snake, and it was the only way to get the project off the ground. I'd feel weird.

I could actually see Andrew Garfield being a great Raiden. I mean, who am I kidding, he'd be great in most roles, but that'd work well for me.

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

Is this a threat?

 

[N0S]

Chronicles of Riddick let's go

 

[SafeOrAlone]

Who would be a better choice?

 

[GrayFoxPL]

Who would be a better choice?

Not Andrew Garfield.