There was a time when a few people (me) thought that despite having participated in a sport dedicated to oiling men up and having them grab at each other, this guy Dwayne might have some talent. He started off in a really bad movie (Scorpion King) then did some fun, but forgettable action flicks (most recently Walking Tall). I still have hope for him, but he apparently has given up and has decided to simply sell his soul to making doomed videogame to movie translations. I guess I have more confidence in “The Rock” than he does himself. Better get those paychecks before they figure out I’m a fraud!
Paychecks is probably about all “The Rock” will collect since he’s slated to star in the potentially mind numbing movie adaptation of the videogame Spy Hunter and will follow that thespianless flick with an even more mind numbing videogame adaptation of the devil lovin franchise Doom. That is if the flick can ever hang on to a director.
Initially, Enda McCallion was hired to direct but has since bowed out due to unspecified personal reasons (I’m uncontrollable vomiting when he read the script). Now action-rapper director Andrzej Bartkowiak (Cradle 2 the Grave, Exit Wounds) has been hired to take his place.
The Doom franchise mixes sci-fi space adventure with hellspawned demons. So expect that Dwayne will be starring as a space marine who has to save mankind from Satan and his friends, maybe even Saddam Hussein. No word yet on whether Satan will be gay. Shooting starts this December.
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