This collaboration might just make you fall off your chair, but hold on tight. The strangest and most unexpected news: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson will star in a film by one of the most iconic directors of our time.
The news was confirmed by the Rock himself, who took to his Instagram to share his excitement and gratitude.
He wrote, "Grateful for what’s been the most creatively inspiring time of my career — working closely with my friends and, of course, the maestro Marty Scorsese."
The project is also set to feature other A-list actors, including Leonardo DiCaprio and Emily Blunt. While DiCaprio has worked with Scorsese several times, this marks Johnson’s first collaboration with the legendary director. Blunt and Johnson, meanwhile, previously co-starred in Disney’s action film Jungle Cruise, making this also her first project with DiCaprio.
Johnson’s casting choice is no accident. The story is a mafia drama set in Hawaii between the 1960s and 1980s, a place where Johnson himself was raised. The official synopsis reads:
"In 1960s and 70s Hawaii, this formidable and charismatic mob boss rises to build the islands’ most powerful criminal empire, waging a brutal war against mainland corporations and rival syndicates while fighting to preserve his ancestral land. It’s based on the untold true story of a man who fought to preserve his homeland through a ruthless quest for absolute power — igniting the last great American mob saga, where the war for cultural survival takes place in the unlikeliest of places: paradise."
