Current Events > Did you hear about this $300 million movie the Rock is starting in?

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyscraper_(2018_film)

"Former FBI Hostage Rescue Team leader and U.S. war veteran Will Ford, now assesses security for skyscrapers. On assignment in China he finds the tallest, safest building in the world suddenly ablaze, and hes been framed for it. A wanted man on the run, Will must find those responsible, clear his name and somehow rescue his family who is trapped inside the buildingabove the fire line".

Boy, a lot of time sure went into that title. It's also going to star Neve Campbell.
When I think of actors that can potentially bring people in the theater to help me make a profit off of my $300 million movie, fucking Neve Campbell is definitely in the top ten.

Fuck my life.
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Kitt posted...

Boy, a lot of time sure went into that title

ditto for the plot overview
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why you hatin

spoiler: the rock wins
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not the movie adaptation of Rampage?
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will he look exactly the same as all of his other roles?
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Also his name isn't the Rock, its Dwayne Johnson.

Neve Campbell is pretty sexy in a 90s kinda way.
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Kitt posted...

When I think of actors that can potentially bring people in the theater to help me make a profit off of my $300 million movie, fucking Neve Campbell is definitely in the top ten.

Fuck my life.

She was one of my first celebrity crushes.
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Kelystic posted...

spoiler: the rock wins

I mean, we all knew that, didn't you read the book? lol

more_cow_bell posted...

not the movie adaptation of Rampage?

I wonder what the budget on that shit will be.
I didn't even know budgets for me movies could even get this high. I always figured $200m was already pushing it. Justice League already fried my head when I saw the budget and I looked further and one of the Pirates of the Carribean films have a $400 million budget. What the fuck?
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So...his job is to protect Skyscrapers...not particular ones, but just ALL skyscrapers?....And he goes to China to protect a random one...and it randomly catches on fire....so he has to become a fugitive and go on the run since he failed at protecting the Skyscraper?

.....what?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ulf9JGuXwY
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TheVipaGTS posted...

So...his job is to protect Skyscrapers...not particular ones, but just ALL skyscrapers?....And he goes to China to protect a random one...and it randomly catches on fire....so he has to become a fugitive and go on the run since he failed at protecting the Skyscraper?

.....what?

It's painfully obvious how hard they're pandering to China. They know they need to pull every trick out of the book to make their money back.
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why is the rock in fucking everything

Kitt posted...

On assignment in China

Oh gee, I wonder why he would possibly be in China
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UnholyMudcrab posted...

Kitt posted...

On assignment in China

Oh gee, I wonder why he would possibly be in China

Just to drive that point home Ng Chin Han will also star in it. Yay!
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That's a lot of money to pay a rock.
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Why is his family randomly in the skyscraper?
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Dude needs to pick better roles
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Hes on the run but has to save his family stuck inside a burning skyscraper?
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TheoryzC posted...

Dude needs to pick better roles

It's probably an excellent role... for his bank account.
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Oh lord.

So a weak, Chinese, half assed, sort of remake of The Towering Inferno. Only with no all star cast, a lame whodunnit angle and a meat head for a lead. I mean The Towering Inferno wasn't high art. But the Rock is no Steve McQueen or Paul Newman either.
No thank you.
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Wait, what's wrong with Neve Campbell?
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Sounds great!
It's like Die Hard, but with fire instead of terrorists.
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Jiek_Fafn posted...

Sounds great!
It's like Die Hard, but with fire instead of terrorists.

When was John Mcclane framed for murder and on the run in Die Hard?
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P sure every rock film is the same these days
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The casting for Asian Lady looks great.


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Is that a lot?

I thought average was somewhere around there
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TheoryzC posted...

Dude needs to pick better roles

You'd star in it too if they offered you $300 million. lol
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DevsBro posted...

Is that a lot?

I thought average was somewhere around there

Hell no.
Put it like this; most (if not, all) Marvel movies tend to stay under $200 million
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Lol, a remake of the Anna Nicole Smith movie? Dumb rock.
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Has The Rock become the king of generic action movies yet
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SSJGrimReaper posted...

Has The Rock become the king of generic action movies yet

He's definitely passed Jason Statham now.
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300 million? Wtf

That plot summary looks like it was made using some kind of tough guy action flick summary generator. Like some kind of algorithm that takes a cross section of Jason Statham movies and gives you something.
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DevsBro posted...

Is that a lot?

I thought average was somewhere around there

A budget of $300 million would put it at about third on the list of most expensive movies ever produced
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Ballstopshere posted...

Also his name isn't the Rock, its Dwayne Johnson.

That's just his stage name.
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sounds like a terrible 80s movie that will be a success because it has a hit actor like Arnold in it

except this is 2017 and the Arnold of our time is the Rock
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leverageblargh posted...

Illuminoius posted...

why is the rock in fucking everything

He knows it's only a matter of time before the general public wakes up and realizes he's a talentless buffoon so he's getting what he can, while he still can.

he has talent

problem is that his wrestling character is more charismatic that the roles he plays in movies
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The Rock has 2 huge bombs coming up. Jumanji and Rampage will lose a ton of money.
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RT bombs maybe, those movies will make a ton.