Dwayne Johnson is joining Josh Hutcherson in New Line’s Journey to the center of the earth sequel Journey 2: The Mysterious Island. Brad Peyton will direct the film, to be produced by Beau Flynn and Tripp Vinson of Contrafilm, as well as Charlotte Huggins.
Johnson will play the boyfriend of Hutcherson’s mom, who Hutcherson is forced to bring on a trip to a mythical and monstrous island to find his missing grandfather. The script is loosely based on Jules Vern’s Mysterious Island.
The trade adds that three other characters will be introduced in the movie annd cast during the next few weeks. The production for this movie is scheduled to star in late October in North Carolina and Hawaii. In the first film Brendan Fraser played scientist Trevor Anderson, who was an uncle of Hutcherson’s character. Like that movie, the follow up will be shot and released in 3D as well. The studio is targeting a September 2011 release.
Dwayne Johnson is excited about joining the cast of members for this movie and when it is being produced he can’t wait to start acting to finish the movie and see the end result. There will be a movie trailer for this film coming soon. Although it is not available as of yet. In essence, it should be released as the release date for the movie gets closer. It is then that other details such as the rating will be released in addition to the trailer. There were other details that need to be released too.
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