With aspring 2018 release datealready set for New Line Cinema’sRampage, the studio is now in casting mode, finding the right actors to surroundDwayne Johnson. Today we have word thatNaomie Harris, who received her first Oscar nomination yesterday for her work inMoonlight, has signed on to join the cast in a supporting role. The actress reportedly “sparked” to the “fun tone” of the script, according to today’s report.
The story is based on the hit 1980s arcade game of the same name, where players controlled one of three monsters, a mutated gorilla, crocodile and a wolf, who destroy buildings in several major cities around the world.The Hollywood Reporterreveals that the movie will keep the same three monsters, who will wreak havoc on a number of North American cities and landmarks, with the report describingDwayne Johnson’s character as an “animal-loving hero,” who is the world’s only hope. The report also reveals thatNaomie Harrisis playing a “geneticist with a moral streak.”
This project reunitesDwayne Johnsonwith directorBrad Peytonand producerBeau Flynn, who have previously worked onJourney 2: The Mysterious IslandandSan Andreastogether. The last update we got on this project was in November, whenBrad Peytonconfirmed that this video game adaptation will be a scary monster movie. He stated that the original game will serve as the inspiration for the movie, which will feature plenty of horror elements as well, since it’s still a “monster movie” at its core.
It hasn’t been revealed when filming will begin at this time, but New Line has set an August 13, 2025 release date. As of now, it will be going up against Universal’s new comedyThe Pact, and it will also open two weeks before Marvel’s highly-anticipated superhero ensembleAvengers: Infinity War, whichstarted productionearlier this week. ThisRampagemovie was originally slated to start filming at the end of 2016, but script delays caused the production to be pushed back a bit, which gaveDwayne Johnsonroom to push upJumanji, which recently wrapped and is now slated to debut in theaters on December 22.
Brad Peytonis directing thisvideo game adaptationfrom a script that was originally written byRyan Engle(Non-Stop), which has gone through a number of different writers since then.San AndreaswritersCarlton CuseandRyan Condallater worked on the script, with the most recentRampagerevisions provided byAdam Sztykiel(Due Date,Undateable).Naomie Harrisstarred in three movies last year,Our Kind of Traitor,MoonlightandCollateral Beauty, and she will next be seen in directorAndy Serkis' adaptation ofThe Jungle Book, where she plays Nisha.
