Fresh off her Oscar nomination for Moonlight, Naomie Harris has signed a deal to join Dwayne Johnson in Rampage, New Lines adventure project based on the 1980s video game.
The project is reuniting Johnson, whose latest movie, Moana, nabbed an Oscar nomination, with New Line, producer Beau Flynn and director Brad Peyton. The team previously proved to be a combustible combination with San Andreas and Journey 2: The Mysterious Island.
New Line, which is looking to shake up the monster movie formula with Rampage, is keeping plot details in a cage. Like the video game, the film will feature three creatures a monstrously transformed gorilla, crocodile and wolf who wreak havoc on North American cities and landmarks. Johnson is, naturally, an animal-loving hero who is the worlds only hope.
Harris, who sparked to the fun tone of the script, will star opposite him as a geneticist with a moral streak.
Ryan Engle wrote the original draft, with work done by Carlton Cuse and Ryan Condal. Adam Sztykiel did the most current revisions.
Flynn is producing with John Rickard via his Wrigley Pictures banner and Hiram Garcia, Johnsons partner who is producing via 7 Bucks Entertainment.
Marcus Viscidi, Jeff Fierson and Dany Garcia are executive producing the adventure thriller, while Wendy Jacobson of Flynn Picture Co is overseeing.
Rampage is set to release April 20, 2018.
