News: Joe Manganiello will join Dwayne Johnson in the film adaptation of the game

Joe Manganiello, who was supposed to play the role of Deathstroke in a solo Batman movie, will join Dwayne Johnson in the film adaptation of the popular 8-bit game “Rampage”. Such information shared publishing ComicBook.

What character will play the actor, at the time of this writing was not specified, as all legal formalities have not yet been settled. Recall that the Studio New Line had planned to make a film based on the game since 2011. In the middle of 2015, it was announced that Director will be the Creator of the film-catastrophe “Fault San Andreas” brad Peyton, later that the main role performed by Johnson.

The plot, its production budget and the shooting schedule was not specified. It was alleged that Dwayne Johnson will be ready to start shooting after the completion of all promotional events of “fast & Furious 8”, that is, most likely, in late spring 2017.

The game “Rampage” was presented by the company Midway Games in the 80-ies. The plot revolves around three characters who mutated into a giant lizard, werewolf, and gorilla. Their task was the destruction of buildings and fighting the military attacking them. After the destruction of another city, the player moved to another level. Warner Bros. paid $ 33 million for the right to film the game.

Source: ComicBook

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