And that’s not an easy thing to do, even given the size of the man.
Universal is wooing the popular wrestler, aka Dwayne Johnson, to stay with studio by offering him the lead in two new projects being developed at the studio.
The first one is a spec script by newcomer writer Joseph C. Muscat titled Hunting Bronze. Bronze is described as a rugged action comedy about a bounty hunter who tries to corral a fugitive before a revenge-seeking rogue cop can.
The second project is an untitled pitch to be written by Oscar-winning Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential, A Knight’s Tale). The studio, however, has said that the film is not being developed specifically with The Rock in mind, but that he is in front position to get the lead.
Although The Rock only logged in about 10 minutes of screen time, his part as the Scorpion King in the hugely successful The Mummy Returns showed the studio that followers of the wrestlers will go see him at the movies. The Mummy Returns outgrossed the original, making about $415 million worldwide.
