Dwayne Johnson takes to Instagram to share plot details for the upcoming live-action adaptation of the classic1980s arcade game Rampage. Johnson is on a role right now with the enormous success ofFate of the Furious, which just surpassed the $1 billion mark at the worldwide box office and the upcoming big screen adaptation ofBay Watchlater this month. Johnson is showing no signs of slowing down; fresh off of the production ofJumanji 2he has jumped headfirst intoRampage, which is set to open April 20th, 2018.
Some information regarding theplot of Rampagehas been talked about in some form or another, but this is the first official news coming straight from Johnson’sInstagramfeed. Johnson went on to detail some of the broader plot points on Saturday afternoon with the obligatory workout photo (Dude, we get it. You’re buff). With Johnson’s trademark humor and enthusiasm intact, he teased out more information onRampageand licking animals.
“Good to finally have boots on the ground here in Georgia for production of #RAMPAGE. I head up ananti-poaching unitout of Rwanda. My best friend is a rare albino gorilla named, George. Very bad people infect George, an alligator and a wolf with a serum. All three animals grow at an unprecedented rate. Their size, speed, agility and violent aggression is off the charts. They go on a deadly rampage and want to destroy the world. George not happy. Me not happy. When animals like you, they lick you. When they don’t like you, they kill you. I will hunt down the bad people who did this to my best friend. And when I find them, I will not lick them.”
Rampagewas an arcade game in the 1980s that starred 3 giant animals that destroyed cities. Lizzy the the Lizard, Ralph the Werewolf, and George the Ape ran amok in the United States, destroying city after city during a period of 128 days. The Arcade game was released in 1986 byBally Midwayand let players control one of the three giants, fighting the traditional “good guys.” In addition to the arcade, the game was also released across multiple home consoles, most notably the Nintendo Entertainment System and the Sega Master System.
This will be the third time that Johnson, director Brad Peyton, producer Beau Flynn, and New Line have united. The trio has previously worked together onSan Andreas, which grossed over $473 million at the worldwide box office, andJourney 2: The Mysterious Island. Carlton Cuse who wroteSan Andreasand Ryan Condal (Colony) have rewritten the script by Ryan Engle.Rampageis set to rage against the box office with these heavy hitters behind it.
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnsonand his team have a lot to prove this time around. Videogame adaptations do not have the greatest track record as of 2017 and frankly while most are pleasing to the eye, they just plain suck.Rampagecould just beSan Andreaswith giant mutated beasts, who knows? But for now, Johnson’s excitement and enthusiasm for the project are enough to keep fan hopes alive.
