{"id":635993,"date":"2026-10-20T05:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T05:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/635993\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T05:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T05:52:09","slug":"lizard-music-dwayne-johnson-benny-safdies-movie-sets-2027-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/635993\/","title":{"rendered":"Lizard Music: Dwayne Johnson, Benny Safdie&#8217;s Movie Sets 2027 Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/dwayne-johnson\/\" id=\"auto-tag_dwayne-johnson_1\" data-tag=\"dwayne-johnson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dwayne Johnson<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/benny-safdie\/\" id=\"auto-tag_benny-safdie_1\" data-tag=\"benny-safdie\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Benny Safdie<\/a> are getting ready to serve up a little music for the holidays.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/amazon-mgm-studios\/\" id=\"auto-tag_amazon-mgm-studios_1\" data-tag=\"amazon-mgm-studios\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon MGM Studios<\/a> is set to release feature <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/lizard-music-dwayne-johnson-benny-safdie-amazon-mgm-ua-1236402985\/\">Lizard Music<\/a>, which is a hybrid of live-action and CGI, in theaters on Dec. 25, 2027. Johnson leads the cast that also includes Theo Clark Leber, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/alicia-silverstone\/\" id=\"auto-tag_alicia-silverstone_1\" data-tag=\"alicia-silverstone\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alicia Silverstone<\/a>, Tim Heidecker, Arya Parvathi, Regina Hall, Colman Domingo, Jeff Goldblum, Rachel McAdams, Andrew Dice Clay and David Krumholtz.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tSafdie directs the film from his own script that is based on author Daniel Pinkwater\u2019s novel of the same name. Producing the project are Scott Stuber and Nick Nesbitt for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/united-artists\/\" id=\"auto-tag_united-artists_1\" data-tag=\"united-artists\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">United Artists<\/a>, Safdie for Out for the Count Productions, Johnson for Seven Bucks Productions and David Koplan for Magnetic Fields Entertainment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tLizard Music centers on a boy who discovers a secret late-night broadcast of music-playing lizards. As he seeks the truth, he meets the quirky septuagenarian Chicken Man (Johnson) and his 111-year-old chicken friend Claudia as they all set out on an adventure to explore a hidden society.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe film reunites Johnson and Safdie following last year\u2019s The Smashing Machine. Johnson earned acclaim for his role as UFC Hall of Famer Mark Kerr in the A24 release that marked Safdie\u2019s first solo directorial effort following his work on such projects as Good Time and Uncut Gems with co-director and brother Josh Safdie.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAlso set for theatrical release on Christmas in 2027 are Ron Howard\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/alone-at-dawn-amazon-mgm-ron-howard-adds-cast-1236433152\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Alone at Dawn<\/a>, with the Amazon MGM drama starring Anne Hathaway and Adam Driver, and Nancy Meyers\u2019 comedy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/erin-doherty-joins-nancy-meyers-comedy-wb-1236534649\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Paris Paramount<\/a> that stars Pen\u00e9lope Cruz, Kieran Culkin, Jude Law and Owen Wilson for Warner Bros.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dwayne Johnson and Benny Safdie are getting ready to serve up a little music for the holidays. 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