once infamously described as “Home Alone on acid”<\/a>, and is stacked with stars including Jeff Goldblum, Rachel McAdams, Regina Hall, and Alicia Silverstone.<\/p>\nLizard Music reunites The Rock with director Benny Safdie, who also helmed The Smashing Machine, the A24 film which allowed Johnson to flex his acting muscles in a dramatic and serious context.<\/p>\n
It represents a notable deviation from the comedic action roles The Rock has become known for.<\/p>\n
Safdie has become well-known for casting actors who have been relegated to certain roles and giving them a chance to break free from their typecasting shackles.<\/p>\n
Adam Sandler for instance had become synonymous with Hawaiian shirt comedies before being cast in Safdie\u2019s Uncut Gems.<\/p>\n
Robert Pattinson was trying to pivot from enduring associations with Twilight before being cast in the Safdie brother\u2019s extremely gritty crime thriller Good Time.<\/p>\n
Lizard Music will be released on Christmas Day, 2027 according to Amazon MGM Studios.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Hollywood heavyweight has appeared unrecognisable on the streets of Brooklyn. Dwayne Johnson has been intentionally aged to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":378671,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[139087,139043,139065,139064,139058,139037,139078,107338,139069,139038,139050,139089,139040,139080,139039,139041,139075,139057,139091,139079,139088,31614,139070,14691,31451,53691,9362,586,83901,139067,139036,139095,139051,139028,8131,35855,2879,98,100,99,139063,139056,139071,4207,12565,38729,15977,139061,139046,139092,139052,8641,139060,749,35961,139086,139054,139042,139072,139035,139044,139084,139048,2558,31248,139062,44627,3956,139032,139059,25125,41120,560,2037,139076,50384,35501,139031,8688,139034,9,24,56,63,25985,139074,139093,41867,97185,139033,57905,13241,22489,139090,82068,1096,139073,2559,139082,18989,139085,139055,139045,139029,64033,139094,139083,139049,139066,139047,139077,139030,139027,26147,139053,139068,23021,139081],"class_list":["post-378670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-s-book","tag-s-extremely-gritty-crime-thriller","tag-s-makeup-team","tag-s-uncut-gems","tag-keri_nyc","tag-v-hinito","tag-10-year-old-co-star-theo-clark-leber-picture","tag-107338","tag-a-young-boy","tag-a-70-year-old-man","tag-a-boxy-beige-jacket","tag-a-bucket-hat","tag-a-chance","tag-a-dramatic-and-serious-context","tag-a-fish-covered-tie","tag-a-hollywood-heavyweight","tag-a-notable-deviation","tag-a-peculiar-man","tag-a-tower","tag-a-very-believable-grey-beard","tag-a-very-grandpa-coded-fish-covered-tie","tag-a24","tag-acid","tag-action","tag-adam-sandler","tag-adaptation","tag-alicia-silverstone","tag-amazon","tag-amazon-mgm-studios","tag-an-a-list-hollywood-superstar","tag-an-elderly-chicken","tag-an-old-man","tag-an-unlikely-but-magical-friendship","tag-answers","tag-behind-the-scenes","tag-benny-safdie","tag-book","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-bucket-hat-donning-grandad","tag-casting-actors","tag-certain-roles","tag-children","tag-christmas","tag-christmas-day","tag-costume","tag-daniel-pinkwater","tag-director-benny-safdie","tag-dwayne","tag-dwayne-johnson","tag-elderly","tag-enduring-associations","tag-film","tag-good-time","tag-hawaiian-shirt-comedies","tag-hidden-worlds","tag-his-acting-muscles","tag-his-bizarre-escapades","tag-his-chiselled-face","tag-his-muscly-physique","tag-his-new-film","tag-his-new-film-lizard-music","tag-hollywood","tag-home-alone","tag-huge-hollywood-star","tag-imdb","tag-instagram","tag-instagram-safdie","tag-instance","tag-jeff-goldblum","tag-johnson","tag-kids","tag-late-night-tv","tag-lizard-music","tag-makeup","tag-movie","tag-muscles","tag-mystery","tag-new-film-lizard-music","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-old","tag-old-man-makeup","tag-onlookers","tag-picture","tag-prosthetics","tag-rachel-mcadams","tag-regina-hall","tag-robert-pattinson","tag-role","tag-safdie","tag-secret","tag-shooting","tag-smashing-machine","tag-stars","tag-strange-lizard-musicians","tag-streets","tag-the-a24-film","tag-the-chicken-man","tag-the-comedic-action-roles","tag-the-film","tag-the-rock","tag-the-safdie-brother","tag-the-smashing-machine","tag-the-streets","tag-the-synopsis","tag-the-young-boy","tag-their-quest","tag-their-typecasting-shackles","tag-theo-clark-leber","tag-twilight","tag-very-realistic-makeup","tag-wrinkles","tag-wwe","tag-wwe-muscle-man"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378670\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}