Dwayne Johnson stays one in every of Hollywood’s hottest blockbuster stars, and that doesn’t look to be ending anytime quickly, as evidenced by him reprising Maui within the live-action remake of Moana and reprising Luke Hobbs in an upcoming Quick & Livid film. However the man often known as The Rock is moreover stretching these extra dramatic muscle tissues quickly taking part in UFC legend Mark Kerr with the A24 film The Smashing Machine. If that wasn’t a giant deal by itself, Johnson may also be teaming up with Leonardo DiCaprio for filmmaker Martin Scorsese’s subsequent film, and he went on social media to share why the story it’s telling is so private for him.
In case you missed the information from a number of weeks again, Johnson, DiCaprio and Emily Blunt shall be main Scorsese’s currently-untitled film that was described by Deadline as following somebody like Robert de Niro’s Jimmy the Gent from Goodfellas, “however as a ruthless Hawaiian crime boss, based mostly on an actual determine, who battled encroaching rivals for management of organized crime in Hawaii.” Johnson shared a screenshot of that article on Instagram and included the next caption:
Grateful for what’s been essentially the most creatively inspiring time of my profession – working intently with my pals and naturally, the maestro Marty Scorsese. Within the 60’s, 70’s & 80’s the mafia managed New York, Miami, Chicago, Vegas, and a very robust maintain on the island I used to be raised – Hawaii. Rather more to come back.
Extra to come back…