Dwayne Johnson is busier on the big screen than he ever was in the wrestling ring.
According to Variety, Disney is developing a space movie based on its Tomorrowland theme park that will star the actor formerly known as The Rock. The idea is to follow the lead of the Pirates of the Caribean ride that, of course, became a worldwide sensation.
Johnsn has also recently signed on to a movie based on the Tooth Fairy.
From WWE champion to Tooth Fairy.
No one can say Dwayne Johnson has taken a typical career path.
But the former wrestler has officially distanced himself from the moniker "The Rock" and has, to the surprise of many, established himself as a family-film oriented star.
Never will this be more evident than when Johnson stars as the Tooth Fairy in a movie set for a 2009 release. He was recently asked by MTV what fans should expect from it.
"Everything you can possibly imagine," the actor said of what we can expect from a comedy that casts the former WWE World Champion as an ordinary man who gets recruited to save the kingdom of dental-dependent flying fairies everywhere. "And then some!"
"If you could imagine what would be the most funniest thing you can think of, then that is was this is," the Get Smart said confidently of the upcoming movie. "We have [me being depicted] from tiny, to large, to a really messed-up wing that makes me fly into the walls.
"We've got it all."
Dwayne Johnson has officially moved on from his life as The Rock.
The former WWE star now goes by his real name, and it's certainly been working out well on the big screen for him. He'll star alongside Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway in Get Smart, hitting theaters on June 20.
Johnson recently spoke to MoviesOnline about his role as Agent 23.
MoviesOnline: For Get Smart, you're the successful secret agent. To get into your mindset for this, did you think of James Bond?
Dwayne Johnson: A little bit. I thought of James Bond. I also thought, well, here's a guy, a pretty successful guy at what he does and yet he has a dark side. For me, my process for all my movies is to just get really close with the director and just make sure we're on the same page, we share the same vision for the movie, the same tone. And you know, it was a character I was excited to play. And physically, too.
When I first started thinking about the character, how all our characters came together, the thought of Steve Carell and myself side by side is just funny, and it made me laugh from the get go. And then it was funny on the page and I thought well, we had a pretty good shot of making a good movie. Or a funny movie.
MoviesOnline: What was it like kissing Steve Carell?
Dwayne Johnson: It was like, you ever have warm apple pie with cold ice cream too, and you find that balance where you're oh, uhhh [laughter]. Um. Hey, you know, it was great, it was great. Not too many men can say that, have a nice big lip lock with Steve Carell. It was great. The length I go, the committed actor. Jack Gyllenhaal did it, Will Smith did it. I thought it was my turn to kiss a man.
According to Variety, Dwaye Johnson - we refuse to refer to him as "The Rock," that was his WWE persona - will star in The Tooth Fairy, a high-concept comedy that casts the actor as an ordinary man brought in to save the tooth fairy kingdom.
The Tooth Fairy begins shooting in August.
Before then Johnson, will be seen in Get Smart and Disney remake Race to Witch Mountain.
