11) The Peanut Butter Falcon – Mick Foley & Jake Roberts
The Peanut Butter Falcon will be an adventure film starring names like Shia LaBeouf, Dakota Johnson, and Bruce Dern. It will also feature a couple of WWE legends. Mick Foley is listed as playing a character named ‘Jacob’. Jake ‘the Snake’ Roberts will be playing a character named ‘Sam’.
Here is a brief plot summary from IMDB:
“The Peanut Butter Falcon is an adventure story set in the world of a modern Mark Twain that begins when Zak (22), a young man with Down syndrome runs away from a nursing home where he lives to chase his dream of becoming a professional wrestler and attending the wrestling school of The Salt Water Redneck. Through circumstances beyond their control Tyler (32), a small time outlaw on the run becomes Zak’s unlikely coach and ally. Together they wind through deltas, elude capture, drink whisky, find God, catch fish, and convince Eleanor (28), a kind nursing home employee with a story of her own to join them on their journey”
No specific release date has been mentioned.
10) RABID – CM Punk & AJ Lee
CM Punk and AJ Lee will be starring in a new horror movie together. The movie will be called ‘RABID’. AJ will be playing a character named ‘Kira’ while Punk will be playing a character named ‘Billy’. Below is an excerpt from the official press release for the film. This provides some more details on the film:
“Production Begins on the Feature Film RABID
-Featuring CM Punk and AJ Mendez-
– Written and Directed by The Soska Sisters (WWE Studios’ See No Evil 2 and Vendetta) –
– Remake of the Classic David Cronenberg 1977 Horror Feature Film –
– Starring Laura Vandervoort and Ben Hollingsworth –
– Body Horror Meets the World of High Fashion –
Toronto, Canada – July 17, 2018 – Canadian production company Back 40 Pictures announced today that production has begun in the Greater Toronto Area on the feature film Rabid. Written and Directed by Jen and Sylvia Soska (Dead Hooker in A Trunk, American Mary) and John Serge. Rabid stars Laura Vandervoort (Jigsaw, BITTEN) as “Rose” a demure seamstress who goes through a radical transformation after electing for plastic surgery following a disfiguring accident. Ben Hollingsworth (CODE BLACK) is “Brad” a fashion photographer. Rabid is a remake of the classic David Cronenberg 1977 horror feature film which was executive produced by Ivan Reitman. Rabid also stars Hanneke Talbot (PLAYING DEAD) who portrays Rose’s best friend Chelsea and Mackenzie Gray (LEGION, RIVERDALE) as arrogant fashion designer “Gunter”- Rabid will also feature WWE superstars CM Punk as “Billy” and his wife New York Times best-selling author AJ Mendez as “Kira”.
9) Project X-Traction – John Cena
John Cena has been getting some big roles in Hollywood over the past year or so. He has nabbed another one as Cena will be starring in a new action-thriller movie. This movie will be directed by Need for Speed‘s Scott Waugh. It will star Cena and Jackie Chan. Cena will be replacing Sylvester Stallone, who was originally signed on to star alongside Chan.
Here is the plot according to the Hollywood Reporter:
“The movie centers on a Chinese private security contractor (Chan) who is called in to extract the oil workers when a China-run oil refinery in the Middle East is attacked. When he learns that the attackers’ real plan is to steal a fortune in oil, he teams up with an American — a former Marine played by John Cena — to stop them”
New images of Jackie Chan and John Cena in “Project X-traction” presented during Tencent Pictures production company press conference. #JohnCena #wwe #actor #jackiechan #WWE2K19 #WWESuperCard #Browns #PeaceDay #movie #GooglePay pic.twitter.com/cu1t5H6NIf
— Jackie Chan fan account (@JackieChanFran1) September 21, 2018
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