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Rampage is an upcoming American action adventure monster film directed by Brad Peyton and written by Ryan Engle.
It is based on the 1980s arcade video game of the same name.
The film stars Dwayne Johnson, Naomie Harris, Malin Åkerman, Joe Manganiello, Jake Lacy, Marley Shelton, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan.
New Line Cinema will release the film on April 20, 2018 in 3D and IMAX.
Cast
- Dwayne Johnson as Davis Okoye, a Primatologist and head of an anti-poaching unit out of Rwanda.
- Naomie Harris as a discredited genetic engineer who teams up with Okoye.
- Malin Åkerman as the villain who infects a gorilla, alligator and wolf with a serum that will cause rapid growth and induced rage.
- Joe Manganiello as Burke, the leader of a private military group
- Jake Lacy
- Marley Shelton as a scientist and astronaut
- Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Agent Russell, a government agent with attitude who works for an agency called OGA.
- P. J. Byrne as a scientist
- Jack Quaid
- Matt Gerald
- Breanne Hill
Warner Bros. acquired the film adaptation rights to the 1980s video game Rampage in 2009, as part of their acquisition of Midway Games for $33 million.
On November 18, 2011, it was announced that a live-action film adaptation based on the 1980s video game Rampage is in development by New Line Cinema with John Rickard set to produce.
On March 30, 2012, THR confirmed that New Line had set Ryan Engle to adapt the video game and write the screenplay for the film.
On June 23, 2015, Deadline reported that Dwayne Johnson was set to star and re-team with New Line and producer Beau Flynn, while studio was looking for a director to start production in the mid-2016.
Flynn would produce through FlynnPictureCo. along with already attached Rickard through Rickard Pictures, while Johnson and Dany Garcia of Seven Bucks Productions were also attached in producing capacity.
On July 22, 2015, it was reported that New Line was in talks with director Brad Peyton to direct and produce the film, which would center on three giant monsters, a gorilla, a lizard and a wolf, who wreak havoc on major cities in North America, with Johnson playing the role of a person to stop them.
In November 2016, two petitions were made to allow the bands Amon Amarth and Judas Priest to guest star in the film.
Also in November 2016, Peyton spoke about the film that it would "be a lot more emotional, a lot scarier and a lot more real than you'd expect."
Filming
Principal photography on the film began on April 17, 2017.
Filming was once expected to begin right after Johnson completed The Fate of the Furious.
Release
Rampage is scheduled to be released on April 20, 2018 in 3D and IMAX by New Line Cinema.
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