Dwayne Johnson’s Next Movie With The Smashing Machine Director Gets Major Update

Dwayne Johnson and Benny Safdie’s next movie has received a big update.

Safdie and Johnson recently worked together on A24’s The Smashing Machine, which is now playing in United States theaters. Directed by Safdie, the film sees Johnson portray MMA fighter Mark Kerr, while the cast also includes Emily Blunt as Dawn Staples and Ryan Bader as Mark Coleman.

It was announced last month that Johnson and Safdie were reuniting for Lizard Music, a new film based on the Daniel Pinkwater novel of the same name.

What is the update on Dwayne Johnson and Benny Safdie’s next movie?

Per Variety, Lizard Music has now officially found a home at Amazon MGM’s United Artists.

“We are so thrilled to partner once again with extraordinarily talented Dwayne Johnson, as well as work for the first time with the amazing creator, writer, and director Benny Safdie, on Lizard Music,” Amazon MGM Studios’ Courtenay Valenti said in a statement. “Everyone at Amazon MGM and UA is deeply inspired by their previous collaboration on the critically acclaimed The Smashing Machine. We are so excited to now collaborate with them on this imaginative, entertaining, and cinematic story; Lizard Music is a tale that feels both timeless and unique. We are very fortunate that they have trusted us to be their studio partners.”

Lizard Music follows a boy who opens a “hidden door to the extraordinary” and then “stumbles upon a secret late-night broadcast of lizards playing otherworldly music.”

The synopsis continues, “His search for answers leads him to the eccentric and whimsical septuagenarian Chicken Man [Johnson], and his beloved companion, a 111-year-old chicken named Claudia — two kindred spirits who found each other at just the right time. United by this shared vision, they set off on an adventure that begins as a hunt for a hidden society but blossoms into something far greater: a voyage through invisible worlds, unexpected harmonies, and the unbreakable bond between lost souls who discover magic not only in what they find, but in each other.”

A release date for Lizard Music has not yet been announced.

Source: Comingsoon.net