WhoAmI_ea

Get ready to see The Rock kick some Amish ass. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the wrestler and ''Scorpion King'' star is attached to an untitled screenplay described by its writers as a comedy inspired by the 1985 Harrison Ford thriller ''Witness.'' The movie will be distributed by Columbia Pictures, which is also home to The Rock's in-development movie about Hawaiian hero King Kamehameha. Coproducing both of The Rock's pictures is Original, the company run by youth-sploitation producer Neal Moritz (''XXX,'' ''Cruel Intentions''). The ''Witness''-like comedy, written by screenwriters Mitchel Katlin and Nat Bernstein, will also be coproduced by the folks behind The Rock's day job, World Wrestling Entertainment. So you can expect to see a few smackdowns amid scenes of cow-milking and barn-raising.

SOURCE: EW.com


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I think it will either be hilarious or it will suck. Kinda sucks though that if he continues using "The Rock," Vince will have a say in every single movie of his! Could get ugly down the road...

NDD

We all know Rock would be perfect in a comedy since he's so damn hilarious in the WWE promos. I would definitely watch him in a comedy.

WhoAmI_ea

Yeah i think it would be funny as a fan, but maybe not as good as a person who has barley heard of him. BTW was not sure if this should go here or Movie board!!!

NDD

Well there aren't many people who haven't heard of him. If the preview makes the movie look good, people will see it regardless of having heard of Rock or not.

It's fine right here.

WhoAmI_ea

yeah, but i think as a fan u will appreciate it more... i wounder if the WWE involvment in all of his movies will piss him off down the road?

NDD

Of course the wrestling fans will enjoy it more. It's another opportunity to see one of their favorite wrestlers.

I tend to not look for the negative in such situations. He loves movies and loves WWE. I don't think he would be annoyed by WWE being involved since he considers WWE to be his home.

WhoAmI_ea

I agree with that, for now. But if he does end up being a major superstar in the movie world, some directors will not like the fact that Vince must be a producer in everything he does... That is why i think he should have gone by his reall name, people would still know who he was. He could have even said Rocky Maiava (or however it went)

MMB

I think it will be cool ... he's a great comedian/actor ... his scene with Edge and Hogan was AWESOME

*Dreamer*

it wud be great *go rocky* *go rocky*

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NDD

I didn't get to see the segment with Edge and Hogan. I wish I could've.