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The road to movie stardom for Dwayne Johnson is one of the unlikeliest in recent memory. A third-generation professional wrestler known the world over as "The Rock," Johnson nabbed a supporting role in 2001's "The Mummy Returns" and made such an impression that he starred in a successful stand-alone film, "The Scorpion King," the very next year.

As his film career progressed, it became evident that, despite his success in action films, Johnson had a distinct flair for comedy, which he began to show off in such films as "Be Cool" (2005), "Central Intelligence" (2016), "Moana" (2016) and in his biggest-grossing film, "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle" (2017). One of the most recent was "Jungle Cruise" (2021) for Disney.

But it's in high-concept action cinema that Johnson has found his greatest success, especially after hopping aboard the highly lucrative "Fast and Furious" franchise. He even got his own spin-off adventure, "Hobbs & Shaw" (2019), which teamed...

Last June, it was announced that Evil Dead Rise director Lee Cronin had signed on to write and direct a new genre project for Atomic Monster, Blumhouse Productions, and New Line Cinema… and in December, we found out what that mysterious project is, as it was revealed that Cronin has come up with a new take on the concept of The Mummy! Cronin confirmed, “This will be unlike any Mummy movie you ever laid eyeballs on before. I’m digging deep into the earth to raise something very ancient and very frightening.” The film is set to reach theatres on April 17, 2026, and today Deadline has broken the news that May Calamawy (Moon Knight), Veronica Falcón (Queen of the South), and May Elghety (Clash) are in the cast.

Calamawy, Falcón, and Elghety join previously announced cast members Jack Reynor (Midsommar) and Laia Costa (Victoria).

Details on their Mummy characters have not been revealed.

Moon Knightbreakout star May Calamawyis set to be a part of Lee Cronin’s upcoming reboot of The Mummy. Calamawy is the latest addition to the film’s cast alongside Veronica Falcón(Queen of the South)and May Elghety(Grand Hotel).While the plot details for The Mummyare currently under wraps, the Atomic Monster and Blumhouse co-production has locked in Jack Reynor(Midsommar) as the lead, while Laia Costa(The Wheel of Time)plays the role of his wife.

Production for The Mummy is currently underway in Ireland with James Wan, Jason Blum, and John Keville as producers. Cronin is writing and directing the project, which is slated for release on April 17, 2026. In a statement shared with The Hollywood Reporter, Cronin expressed that the reboot will be “unlike any Mummy movie” the audience has ever seen. The director revealed that he aims to create something “very ancient and very frightening.

The summer movie season is getting close, and Fandango has revealed what is, at the moment, the most anticipated movie of the summer, and the result may surprise you. 2025 is set to be a big summer movie season, with most eyes on the July battle between Warner Bros. and DC's Superman against Disney and Marvel's The Fantastic Four: First Steps, which both come out just two weeks apart. Combine that with a Tom Cruise vs Stitch rematch on Memorial Day weekend and potential original hits like F1, Elio, and Materialists; there are a lot of choices this summer at the movies.

According to a poll conducted by Fandango, Jurassic World: Rebirth is the most anticipated movie of summer 2025, based on a survey of 3,500 ticket buyers. Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four: First Steps and Thunderbolts* claim the number two and five slots, while DC Studios' Superman holds at number four. Other...

Last June, it was announced that Evil Dead Rise director Lee Cronin had signed on to write and direct a new genre project for Atomic Monster, Blumhouse Productions, and New Line Cinema… and in December, we found out what that mysterious project is, as it was revealed that Cronin has come up with a new take on the concept of The Mummy! Cronin confirmed, “This will be unlike any Mummy movie you ever laid eyeballs on before. I’m digging deep into the earth to raise something very ancient and very frightening.” The film is set to reach theatres on April 17, 2026, and yesterday we learned that Jack Reynor of Transformers: Age of Extinction and Midsommar has signed on to star in Lee Cronin’s The Mummy. Now, we know the name of the film’s second cast member: Laia Costa.

Costa’s previous credits include the single-take film Victoria and...

The upcoming 2026 horror film, The Mummyis officially in production! Blumhouse has just announced that Lee Cronin’s (Evil Dead Rise) upcoming reimagining of the classic 1932 Universal production has begun filming, with Jack Reynor (Midsommar) confirmed as one of the leads. Alongside Blumhouse, the film is also being produced by Cronin’s own Doppelgängers banner. James Wan, Jason Blum, and John Keville are set to serve as the producers.

While the plot details for Cronin’s The Mummy are currently under wraps, Deadline has reported that Reynor will not be taking on the titular role. Universal Pictures’ original The Mummy starred Boris Karloffas Imhotep, an ancient Egyptian priest who is cursed to be a mummy. The studio successfully revived the franchise in the late 1990s with Brendan Fraserand Rachel Weisz in lead roles. However, the studio’s 2017 reboot of The Mummystarring Tom Cruise was not received well by the audiences.

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Last June, it was announced that Evil Dead Rise director Lee Cronin had signed on to write and direct a new genre project for Atomic Monster, Blumhouse Productions, and New Line Cinema… and in December, we found out what that mysterious project is, as it was revealed that Cronin has come up with a new take on the concept of The Mummy! Cronin confirmed, “This will be unlike any Mummy movie you ever laid eyeballs on before. I’m digging deep into the earth to raise something very ancient and very frightening.” The film is set to reach theatres on April 17, 2026. Now, Deadline has broken the news that Jack Reynor of Transformers: Age of Extinction and Midsommar is set to star in Lee Cronin’s The Mummy.

Reynor will not be playing the mummy in this film. Production is expected to begin soon, with filming taking place in Ireland and Spain.

Dwayne Johnson continues to be an evolutionary force in WWE. Ever since his very beginning, despite a few bumps hither and yon, Johnson ensured that he was putting the right steps in place to carry forth his legacy. It all started with Rocky Maivia and from thereon, the popularity kept on climbing.

Despite Maivia being not so popular among the fans, Dwayne Johnson turned into The Rock, an arrogant heel that connected well with the fans. From there, he became a central figure in the Attitude Era, producing countless remarkable rivalries for the WWE Universe to savor. However, the world of pro wrestling wasn’t the end for Dwayne Johnson. His natural mic skills and ability to captivate the audience were what left the fans on the edge of their seats.

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He started making appearances on TV shows including the likes of That 70s Show,...

There are fewer spectacles more worthy of the big screen than those which come from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The sheer scale and grandeur of the MCU films have captivated audiences for the better part of two decades, bringing the most ambitious events from the pages of the Marvel Comics to life in thrilling sequences, complete with non-stop action and impressive visuals.

An MCU film manages to captivate you completely with its world and characters. For a moment, you forget that people can't really turn big and green or summon a magical hammer with the power to control thunder. The superhero fantasy is brought to life ever so slightly, and everything seems so real... until a bad CGI moment comes and completely takes you out of the experience.

More and more of these immersion-breaking scenes made their way onto the big screen (and the small one too!) as the MCU grew over the years.

Marvel has created some of the most iconic superheroes in comic book history, so it was only a matter of time before mockbusters manifested. Whether it's Spider-Man, Captain America, or even Daredevil, filmmakers have long attempted to cash in on these legendary characters; sometimes as blatant knockoffs, other times as affectionate homages, and on occasion as baffling hybrids of both. With their low budgets and borderline intellectual property theft, most mockbusters are easy to dismiss as shameless cash grabs. However, even when a film is just Iron Man with a fraction of the budget, there is usually something to admire; whether it's the creative marketing needed to dodge Disney’s legal team, the bizarre reinventions that arise when filmmakers have not actually seen the movie they are copying, or just the sheer audacity to release something so wildly off base.

Superheroes have always existed in a world of contested copyrights and creative overlap.

One of the best science fiction movies of the last decade, Denis Villeneuve’s incredible Blade Runner 2049 laid the foundation for the fantastic director to continue down the path of excellent sci-fi filmmaking, culminating in his two Academy Award-nominated adaptations of Frank Herbert's seminal novel Dune. The film features some of the most stunning cinematography, fantastic music and sound design and patiently brilliant storytelling in recent cinema history, continuing to chronicle the evolution of robotic artificial intelligence and the implications that these life forms would have on a futuristic world.

One thing that stands above all in Blade Runner 2049 is the performances, pairing legendary actors like Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford and Robin Wright with relative newcomers like Ana de Armas, Mackenzie Davis and Sylvia Hoeks to create one of the most stacked casts in recent films. But arguably the stand-out performance in the film comes from wrestler turned actor Dave Bautista,...

Tom Cruise will be returning for Top Gun 3 still, but development continues, a year after the new sequel was first confirmed.

We’re coming up to the third birthday of Top Gun: Maverick, a blockbuster that’s unlikely to ever be dislodged as the most successful of Tom Cruise’s career. In those three years since, director Joseph Kosinski has directed F1, which is finally set to arrive this summer. As for Cruise, he’s been working with writer and director Christopher McQuarrie on a pair of Mission: Impossible movies.

For the last year though, it’s been known that Paramount Pictures has a Top Gun 3 in development, and that Tom Cruise is set to play Maverick for a third time.

We’re some way away from James Bond development time territory here, but what’s interesting is there’s been no immediate rush to get Top Gun 3 before cameras.

The Mummy and The Mummy Returns are beloved films from the late '90s and early '00s. The adventures of Rick O'Connell and his Egyptologist wife, Evy, delight and entertain fans decades later. The third installment, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, isn't quite as well-regarded.

The third film in The Mummy franchise suffered for a couple of reasons, but one that fans are quick to point out is that Rachel Weisz, who played Evy, didn't return to reprise her role. Instead, the character of Evy was recast and portrayed by Maria Bello. There are a couple of rumors floating around as to why Weisz was absent from Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.

Rachel Weisz Enjoyed Working on The Mummy and The Mummy Returns

Rachel Weisz brought a certain amount of charm and charisma to the librarian-turned-adventuress, Evelyn Carnahan. Her acting choices and chemistry with co-star Brendan Fraser...

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The iconic horror movie The Mummyhelped put the ancient burial concept on the map in terms of horror tropes, and the series is most known for the 1999 remake starring Brendan Fraser. This was one of the few remakes that actually surpassed the original, and it's so far the best use of mummies on film. Interestingly enough, however, it bore more resemblance to another horror movie concept.

Stephen Sommers' The Mummy was, at a conceptual level, a vampire movie in terms of how it portrayed its title monster. From his mannerisms to his powers, Imhotep had more in common with various versions of Dracula than anything from Ancient Egypt. This goes to show just how influential vampires are as an idea, and how mummies don't have nearly...

In the entertainment industry, few celebrities have the influence or the reach of Dwayne Johnson. The wrestler-turned-actor meteoric rise from WWE superstardom to Hollywood dominance has been nothing short of legendary, and he has carved a separate niche for himself, both in the world of wrestling and acting.

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Known for his electrifying charisma and larger-than-life persona, it was nothing short of legendary the way The Rock made it to WWE’s Monday Night Raw back in 2016. The backstage entry was worth every penny, but the moment that stood out the most was when the wrestler hilariously told a WWE superstar that he could have stolen his Hollywood spotlight.

Dwayne Johnson’s hilarious return to Monday Night Raw in 2016 The Rock and Big Show on Monday Night Raw 2016 | Credit: WWE / YouTube

Dwayne Johnson is one of the most celebrated figures in the history of wrestling,...

Beloved Disney animated film Tangled is getting a live-action treatment, and Latina music diva Jennifer Lopez is reportedly being eyed for the role of Mother Gothel, Rapunzel’s manipulative fake mother. Filmmaker Michael Gracey is also reportedly attached to this reimagining of the 2010 film based on the Brothers Grimm story.

Jennifer Lopez / Credits: ABC News

The speculation on Lopez possibly playing the iconic role started after fans noticed the singer liking several posts on social media regarding the project. Her potential involvement in the movie, however, yielded mixed reactions from fans, with some even comparing her to Hollywood’s controversial star Dwayne Johnson.

Fans aren’t happy with Jennifer Lopez being considered for Mother Gothel role

Last month, Deadline confirmed that a live-action adaptation of Tangled is on the way, joining the studio’s league of live-action projects. Plot details remain under wraps, but there are already swirling rumors of possible actors playing certain roles.

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Dwayne Johnson is undeniably one of Hollywood's most charismatic and sought-after leading men, having made his silver screen debut in the 2001 blockbuster hit The Mummy Returns, a performance that would help kickstart his lucrative and enduring acting career. The WWE wrestler-turned-action hero has appeared in an array of fan-favorite hits over the years, including Central Intelligence, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Moana, and the Fast & Furious franchise, though back in the early 2000s, he was still trying to make a name for himself and prove he meant business when it came to dominating the cinema.

In the vigilante action flick Walking Tall, Johnson appears alongside Johnny Knoxville and Neal McDonough and appears as a decorated Army veteran who returns to his small Washington town only to discover it has become overrun with corruption,...

Moana 2 Worldwide Box Office: Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s Career Total Crosses A New Milestone ( Photo Credit – Instagram )

Dwayne Johnson has achieved a new milestone in his glorious career, owing to Moana 2. Popularly known as The Rock, the wrestler-turned-actor is one of the highest-paid and also among the most successful actors in Hollywood. From starring in an episode of That ’70s Show to becoming one of the biggest Hollywood stars, his journey has been exceptional, to say the least.

The Rock made his movie debut with The Mummy Returns and reprised his role in the spin-off The Scorpion King. He was reportedly paid a massive $5.5 million, putting his name in the Guinness World Record for the highest pay for a first-time leading man. According to The Numbers, Johnson’s movies have grossed an estimated $5.4 billion at the US box office and $9.6 billion worldwide.

According to Collider’s report,...

Brendan Fraser saved the world from mummies twice. How can someone follow up success like that? By saving the world from mummies a third time! When he signed on for another Mummy sequel, he was working with a new director and new writers. Some of his co-stars were recast. Some were absent. But his task remained the same: stop the rampage of a power-hungry walking corpse. That’s what he set out to do in The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor… and it’s time to figure out What Happened to This Horror Movie.

Fraser played treasure hunter Rick O’Connell in the 1999 reboot of the Universal Monsters classic The Mummy and its 2001 sequel The Mummy Returns. Both movies were written and directed by Stephen Sommers – but Sommers had no intention of directing a third Mummy film. After making the second one, he was ready to work on smaller projects.

Dwayne Johnson remains one of the most recognizable actors working in Hollywood today, and is widely known for starring in and producing family-friendly fare. Getting his start as a wrestler in the WWE, Johnson's first major movie role was as the Scorpion King in The Mummy Returns (2001), a role he used to springboard into other films like The Scorpion King (2002), The Rundown (2003), and Walking Tall (2004).

Johnson continued his tough-guy acting persona throughout the late 2000s and into the 2010s, appearing in movies like Faster (2010), Snitch (2013), and San Andreas (2015), as well as several Fast & Furious movies. Though he continues to play more serious characters occasionally, the recent years of Johnson's career have seen him taking on a number of lighter and more comedic roles, particularly in four-quadrant movies for the whole family. When it comes to beloved family fare, there's perhaps no greater Johnson movie than his 2016 animated adventure.

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Red One has broken a streaming record that may prove that Dwayne Johnson's career is undergoing a major shift. Johnson is a star who is very familiar with shifts in his career, as he originally became famous as a WWE wrestler under the moniker "The Rock." After taking on a role as the antagonist in the 2001 adventure sequel The Mummy Returns, he began to transition toward acting, and he has become a major movie star with many blockbuster movies and franchises under his belt, including the new Jumanji movies, the Fast Saga, the Moana franchise, Rampage, and more.

However, his new Christmas action-comedy underperformed both critically and commercially. On Rotten Tomatoes, it earned a dismal 30% score from critics, which ties it with 2005's Be Cool as the eighth worst-rated Dwayne Johnson movie ever. Although its audience score on the platform is a Verified Hot 90%, this has not translated to success in theaters.

Jon Jones is the latest UFC star to make his film debut as he will play a U.S. Navy Seal in the upcoming film Edo’s Crossing. He joins a long list of other UFC stars including Georges St-Pierre and Conor McGregor who have tried their luck in films. However, McGregor’s debut is almost unbeatable as it came with a huge paycheck, making him the highest-paid debut actor.

Conor McGregor in a still from Road House | Credits: Prime Video

McGregor’s performance as the villain in Road House also received critical acclaim, making him a favorite to return to more Hollywood roles. However, the actor shared that he emphasizes his career as a fighter first. Moreover, the recent case against the actor might’ve tainted the chances of him returning to Hollywood.

Conor McGregor’s Hollywood debut still beats Jon Jones and Gsp’s film debuts Jon Jones...

Evil Dead Rise director Lee Cronin will helm a new Mummy film slated for release in 2026, here are the details.

The Mummy was, of course, part of the stable of classic movie monsters at Universal in the 1930s, which also included Dracula, Frankenstein and The Wolfman. Incidentally Gods And Monsters, the biopic of Frankenstein director James Whale starring Ian McKellen and Brendan Fraser, is currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video and is well worth watching.

Fraser headlined the 1990s/early 2000s trilogy of Mummy films, alongside Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo and, in The Mummy Returns, Dwayne Johnson, who went on to star in spin-off The Scorpion King, which also lived on through a plethora of straight to DVD sequels. There were plans for a fourth Fraser Mummy film but, for various reasons, it never happened – we wrote about it here.

However, in the wake of Fraser’s Oscar win for The Whale,...

Charles Esten, best known for his role as Ward Cameron on the Netflix series Outer Banks, will next star in the grizzly bear attack film Grizzly Night. He'll be joined by The Mummy (1999) actor Oded Fehr

According to THR, director Burke Doeren recently completed production on Grizzly Night, starring Esten and Fehr. The film's notable cast also includes Brec Bassinger from Stargirl and Jack Griffo from The Thundermans and the upcoming horror film Stay at Home. Josh Zuckerman from Oppenheimer, Joel Johnstone from The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and Matt Lintz from Ms. Marvel also appear in the film.

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Grizzly Night director Burke Doeren said in a statement, “Grizzly Night is a film that carries an important message...

Even though professional wrestling involves a degree of acting, the professional wrestler-to-actor pipeline hasn't been particularly smooth for most. Hulk Hogan generally found himself unable to tone down the volume and the bluster of yelling to an entire arena, and while Roddy Piper had some success with John Carpenter's "They Live," he owes it to the director being a wrestling fan.

In the '90s, wrestling began to change into its "Attitude" era, often called the Monday Night Wars, developing more adult and reality-based themes, and depending at least as much on behind-the-scenes vignettes as in-ring action. This transition required a newer, more versatile sort of performer, and none excelled at it more than Dwayne Johnson, aka The Rock. It was in The Rock's charisma as both hero and villain that promoter Vince McMahon saw the potential for the World Wrestling Entertainment to gain a foothold in Hollywood, and WWE Studios,...

Back in June, it was announced that Evil Dead Rise director Lee Cronin had signed on to write and direct a new genre project for Atomic Monster, Blumhouse Productions, and New Line Cinema… and now we know what that mysterious project is. The Hollywood Reporter has broken the news that Cronin has come up with a new take on the concept of The Mummy! Cronin confirmed, “This will be unlike any Mummy movie you ever laid eyeballs on before. I’m digging deep into the earth to raise something very ancient and very frightening.” The film is set to reach theatres on April 17, 2026.

It should be noted that, since the project is set up at New Line Cinema, this “new take on the horror trope revolving around the ancient mummified undead” has nothing to do with the classic Universal horror property. We heard back in May that there are three...

Fans love to equate WWE programming to that of "cinema" but cinema is an entirely different beast compared to professional wrestling. That isn't to discredit professional wrestling by any means. It's live theatre, at its core, and theatre is a distant cousin to filmmaking, but nonetheless, movies present a unique challenge for in-ring competitors.

Not everyone is cut out for acting or moviemaking, wrestlers included, but those who have been able to transition their in-ring charisma into movies have always been bound for success. It may not necessarily be for a marquee leading role, but it could be for a show-stealing cameo that leads to more. After all, The Rock's small role in The Mummy 2 led to starring in The Scorpion King. He went from having tremendous WWE matches to mega-blockbusters. Which other WWE Superstars have made some notable cameos?

Chris Jericho, Montel Vontavious Porter (Mvp), Mark Henry,...

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After Dwayne Johnson made his screen acting debut as The Scorpion King in The Mummy Returns, Johnson returned to this role in his feature-film starring debut, the 2002 spin-off The Scorpion King, for which he was paid $5.5 million, a record-breaking salary for a first-time leading man. The success of The Scorpion King led to starring roles in the action films Doom, The Rundown, and Walking Tall, and while Johnson’s starring vehicles throughout the 2000s had varying levels of success, the actor established himself as a durable action star who was destined for superstardom.

At the dawn of the 2010s, Johnson’s established salary had eclipsed $10 million per film, as Johnson, who received his first...

Dwayne Johnson Refuses Hollywood’s Demands (Photo Credit – Instagram)

In his early Hollywood days, Dwayne Johnson—yes, The Rock—faced an uphill battle. He wasn’t just asked to learn lines and hit his marks; Hollywood wanted him to rewrite himself. Lose weight, stop working out, drop “The Rock,” and never mention wrestling again. The message was clear: fit the mold, or you’re out.

But Johnson didn’t play ball. “I wasn’t gonna conform to Hollywood. Hollywood was gonna conform to me,” he later revealed. That defiance became a game-changer.

Hollywood’s cookie-cutter expectations hit Johnson hard. Studios wanted him to shed the larger-than-life persona he’d built in wrestling and blend into the industry’s leading-man blueprint. To them, “The Rock” was just baggage.

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It has been a long road seeing wrestling superstar The Rock evolve into the brand entertainment tycoon Dwayne Johnson of today. The hulking star has released a new Christmas adventure movie in time for the holiday season with Red One. Now, it seems like Johnson’s everywhere and he’s ingrained in pop culture. But back in the early millennium, he was still crossing over into acting and while he already had some success out of the gate, there’s one movie that was seen as his true arrival to be cinema’s next action hero. In today’s episode, we talk The Rundown and how it held up after 21 years.

The Rundown feels like the last breath of the kinds of action movies that dominated the 80s and 90s. This is the era when every movie from stars, like Stallone or Schwarzenegger, would mainly highlight their ability to fight hordes of bad guys,...

Acclaimed actor Dwayne Johnson is the king of the box office this holiday season, recently achieving the rare feat of having two top-five films on the charts simultaneously. Amid the ups and downs his films are experiencing during their theatrical runs, Johnson gets unexpectedly good news on the streaming circuit as his widely-panned movie, Faster, finds success on Netflix.

Via Collider, Johnson's forgotten 2010 action thriller film, Faster, is now third on Netflix's Top 10 Movies chart, getting strong viewership after recently debuting on the streaming service. It's the latest critical flop from Johnson to break new ground on Netflix after his 2017 big-screen adaptation of Baywatch performed well on the streamer's chart last month. The movie which launched Johnson's acting career, The Mummy Returns, also debuted via Netflix in November.

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Actress Jeri Ryan is best known for her role as Seven of Nine in Star Trek: Voyager. She won the Saturn Award for the role twice, once while on Voyager and the second when she reprised her role in Star Trek: Picard. Ryan’s character is an ex-Borg who is adopted by the Voyager crew and joins them on the journey back.

While the Star Trek franchise has seen many present-day stars play small roles at the beginning of their careers, no one is as surprising as Dwayne Johnson. While he was still miles away from his status as a star, The Rock was reportedly already a known name in the WWF. However, Ryan was reportedly unaware of his fame when they shared the screen.

Jeri Ryan Was Unaware Of Dwayne Johnson’s Stardom When He Appeared In Star Trek: Voyager Jeri Ryan in Star Trek: Picard | Credits: Paramount

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Image Source: Sony Pictures Dwayne Johnson has solidified his place as one of Hollywood’s most prominent stars, boasting a career that spans over 20 years and an impressive box office total surpassing $14 billion. His rise to stardom on the big screen began in 2001 with The Mummy Returns, and since then, he’s delivered a steady stream of hits. However, even the biggest names in the industry sometimes have films that initially don’t connect with audiences. One example is the 2010 action thriller Faster. This intense, gritty film represented a shift for Johnson, stepping away from his usual blend of comedy and action. Co-starring Academy Award winner Billy Bob Thornton, Faster tells the story of an ex-con seeking revenge for his brother’s murder, systematically hunting down those responsible. While the movie didn’t make waves at the box office during its debut, it has gained a second wind on streaming platforms,...

Dwayne Johnson's 2010 car-centric crime thriller Faster is now streaming on Netflix. At this point in his acting career, people have gotten used to what they can expect from a Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson film, which has provided millions with a safe choice to watch at the theater or on various streaming services. Johnson's most recent film Red One pairs him with another monolithic Hollywood actor, Chris Evans, who has also been known to take on more predictable roles following his exit from the MCU as Captain America.

While Johnson's highly-anticipated upcoming film The Smashing Machine will offer fans a rare dramatic role for the action star, Johnson's classic thriller Faster is now streaming on Netflix. Faster was directed by George Tillman Jr., known best for Men of Honor (2000) and Notorious (2009). Despite its title, Faster was not a part of the Fast & Furious franchise which Johnson eventually joined as...

Dwayne Johnson’s mostly forgotten 2010 action-thriller Faster is set to make its debut on Netflix on December 1. The film may not feature the jovial Johnson who has drawn in huge audiences with family-friendly titles like Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, or his larger-than-life Fast & Furious character, but a darker, grittier Johnson seems to be just as popular. For those who aren’t interested in Johnson’s return as the voice of Maui in Moana 2, or his loud and boisterous Christmas movie Red One, then Faster’s story of revenge could be just the thing to usher in the final weeks of the year.

In Faster, Johnson’s character Jimmy Cullen aka Driver is released from prison with only one thing on his mind: to hunt down and eliminate everyone involved in his brother’s murder. While his killing spree attracts the attention of Billy Bob Thornton’s Detective Slade,...

Dwayne Johnson has accomplished a rare box office feat. The star is best known as an actor in the modern era, but he got his start as a wrestler with the WWE, performing under the pseudonym The Rock. He began to transition into being a movie star with early roles in features such as 2001's The Mummy Returns, where he played a villain, a role that he reprised as the lead of the 2002 spinoff The Scorpion King.

Since then, the amount of Dwayne Johnson movies has grown to an astronomical number. Some of his major works include many of the later entries in the Fast & Furious franchise (including the spinoff Hobbs & Shaw), the DC superhero movie Black Adam, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle and its sequel The Next Level, the Netflix smash hit Red Notice, and the Disney theme park attraction adaptation Jungle Cruise. All together, his movies...

You’ve probably heard the story behind the name of “Seven Bucks Productions”, and even if you haven’t, it’s a good one. After injury derailed his NFL chances, and he failed to latch on in the Cfl, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, with not much else besides the $7 in his pocket. He returned home where, despite his father’s storied wrestling career, there was little more on offer than his loving family. Dwayne’s father reluctantly taught him the family trade, and while there was a period of wrestling shows for $40 a night, his meteoric ascendency in the world of pro wrestling as “The Rock” is nigh unparalleled.

Though he maintains tremendous gratitude and deference toward the art of pro wrestling, Dwayne Johnson has never been one to limit himself to doing just one thing, and he parlayed the fame he gained from that platform into featured roles on television,...

Brendan Fraser has had a career with highs and lows, spanning almost three and a half decades from his first performance back in 1991. Fraser is known for his charisma and versatility, able to portray a wide variety of characters in multiple genres, from action-packed thrillers to more serious dramas to zany comedies. His movie star's persona and natural command of the screen helped him become an A-List Hollywood mainstay during the late 1990s.

Though best known more recently for his Oscar-winning leading role performance as Charlie in The Whale, Fraser has forged a career that is littered with underrated gems. Some of Fraser's best films, such as Bedazzled and Airheads, show off his comedic timing and impeccable presence while also delivering the same subtle intensity in more nuanced roles in films like Gods and Monster. Fraser's talent has never been in doubt, and even though some of his filmography never...

Moana 2 is almost here, and here is every cast member and character who will return or debut in the film. 2016's Moana brought to life an entirely new class of iconic Disney characters, including the likes of Moana and Maui. While the duo is returning, they will be aided by an all-new cast of characters, and here is everything we know about Moana 2's cast so far.

Moana will be leaving the island of Motunui once again, with her being summoned on a grand journey by the spirit of her ancestors. Alongisde Maui, Moana is set to form a wayfinding team to venture off and save another mysterious island. Moana 2 is one of the most exciting movies of 2024, and here's every member of the newest Disney cast.

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Auli'i Cravalho

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Dwayne Johnson At The Worldwide Box Office( Photo Credit – Instagram )

Dwayne Johnson is a global personality who became famous during his wrestling career and transitioned to acting in the late 1990s. He has also established himself as one of the highest-grossing and highest-paid actors in the industry. His film Red One was recently released in theatres, and he achieved a remarkable feat at the box office.

Popularly known as The Rock, he started his acting stints on television while wrestling. He featured in an episode of That ’70s Show called That Wrestling Show. He made his theatrical debut with The Mummy Returns. He gained his first box office success with Fast Five as Luke Hobbs. His popularity in wrestling helped him achieve success and prominence in showbiz.

Dwayne Johnson reportedly crossed a remarkable milestone at the box office. According to The Numbers via ScreenRant, adding the recent box office cume...

Dwayne Johnson is most popularly known as the professional wrestler who became a movie star, but he could have had a different career had he become successful in achieving his first dream. It’s difficult to imagine seeing him in a different type of sport other than wrestling, but the Fast & Furious star actually ventured once into a football career.

Credits: Dwayne Johnson in Fast and Furious / Universal Pictures

His stint in the said sport was short-lived, but it was a significant part of his younger self that served as an inspiration in pursuing his own minor league. So, why did Johnson give up playing football?

Once Upon a Time, Dwayne Johnson Dreamed of Becoming a Football Superstar

When he was younger, Dwayne Johnson, aka The Rock, wanted to become a professional football player. He attended the University of Miami on a full scholarship, and he played for the...

While Dwayne Johnson made his big screen premiere in Brendan Fraser's The Mummy Returns, he had a surprisingly limited amount of screentime considering he was the villain, and he was The Rock. As Mathayus of Akkad, he was also subjected to one of the most awkward bits of early CGI in film history. Nonetheless, audiences smelled what he was cooking and took to the actor's cinematic charisma, developed after years of wrestling, and he was very quickly thrust into leading man status the next year.

The Scorpion King top-billed a 30-year-old Dwayne Johnson as the titular character, whose story was explored in The Mummy Returns but is widely expanded upon in this prequel. This was long before Johnson's Hollywood status as the highest-paid actor from 2019 to 2021, and before other wrestlers and fighters turned Hollywood behemoths, like John Cena and Dave Bautista, further normalized the heavily muscled trend. Made in...

Dwayne Johnson's $177 million box office disappointment lands on Netflix's global chart seven years later. Johnson, also known by his ring name The Rock, began his career in professional wrestling and became one of the most celebrated stars in the WWE, his charisma and physical prowess leading to opportunities in Hollywood. His first film role came in 2001's The Mummy Returns, which spawned the spin-off The Scorpion King. This led to a variety of roles for The Rock from action-hero to comedic lead, becoming one of the most bankable stars.

Over the years, he has starred in family-friendly comedies like The Game Plan, Tooth Fairy, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, and Jumanji: The Next Level. Dwayne Johnson's action movies include Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Hercules, San Andreas, Skyscraper, Rampage, and the Fast & Furious franchise. In turn, Johnson's bread and butter has been blending...

2002's epic The Scorpion King reinvented the titular character after his debut in The Mummy Returns. The Scorpion King depicts the ancient origins of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's character, "Mathayus of Akkad," who first appeared in 2001's The Mummy Returns as a villain. Unlike the second film in director Stephen Sommers's The Mummy movie series, the first of the Scorpion King movies features Mathayus's humble beginnings as an assassin-for-hire before turning into a legendary Akkadian hero.

The Scorpion King may be a prequel to The Mummy films, but the story spins off from the latter franchise into its own larger narrative. This extended into five films, largely separate from its earlier connection to The Mummy but with a lingering connection between the. As a result, Mathayus's origin story forces viewers to rethink everything they knew about the character seen in The Mummy and The Scorpion King movies.

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Despite achieving mainstream success in the first installment in the franchise, Dwayne Johnson did not return for The Scorpion King 2. Johnson made his movie debut as Mathayus of Akkad, also known as "The Scorpion King," the lead villain in 2001's The Mummy Returns; the movie's box office success led to Universal releasing The Scorpion King in 2002, with Johnson receiving his first lead role as the legendary warrior.

With Johnson at the head of The Scorpion King cast, the film explores Mathayus' origins as a desert warrior seeking revenge for the murder of his father and the destruction of his home. While the movie received a mixed reception from critics, it was financially successful and saw the release of four sequels in The Scorpion King franchise. The Scorpion King helped establish Dwayne Johnson as a leading actor, but he ultimately decided not to reprise his role for the sequel movies.

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The Scorpion King movies ranked starts with the eponymous 2002 Dwayne Johnson vehicle before spawning a five-movie series of fantasy fun. Long before joining The Fast Saga as Hobbs, The Rock - as he was still credited at the time - was first seen as the Scorpion King in 2001's The Mummy Returns. Introduced as a conquering warlord in the film's beginning and a human-scorpion hybrid creature in its finale, the Scorpion King's backstory would be explored a year later in the spin-off, The Scorpion King.

In The Scorpion King, he is re-introduced as Akkadian assassin Mathayus, but in The Scorpion King's straight-to-video sequels would later pass the role on to Michael Copon, Victor Webster, and Zach McGowan, respectively. Each portrays Mathayus at different points in his life in different adventures involving magic, monsters, and swordplay. The Scorpion King movies aspire not to be grand art but simply silly sword-and-sorcery fun...

In the "Star Trek: Voyager" episode "Tsunkatse", Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan) and Tuvok (Tim Russ) are studying a nebula when they are kidnapped by a shady conman named Penk (Jeffrey Combs). Tuvok is injured in the kidnapping, and Penk refuses to offer him any medical treatment unless Seven does him a favor. It seems Penk is the mastermind behind a local mixed martial arts ring, and he wants Seven to get in the ring and fight his Champion. Seven reluctantly agrees, knowing her Borg implants make her a formidable fighter. 

Seven is led into the ring and sees the Champion for the first time. In a fun bit of stunt casting, the Champion is played by Dwayne Johnson, back when he was still being credited as The Rock. Johnson, a pro wrestler, performed his own fighting, while Ryan relied on a talented stunt double. To make sure WWE fans were getting their money's worth,...

Dwayne Johnson demanded $9M for 15 minutes? ( Photo Credit – Instagram )

One of the highest-paid actors in Hollywood, Dwayne Johnson, aka The Rock, has transformed from a professional wrestler into one of the biggest stars. After gaining fame in the WWE, he made his acting debut in The Mummy Returns, which quickly led to leading roles in major blockbusters. He starred in films like The Scorpion King, the Fast & Furious franchise, and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, further solidifying his status as a bankable action star. Besides his exceptional physique, Johnson’s determination and resilience led him to the top list in the industry, and surprisingly, his paychecks speak for him.

Johnson’s journey from earning a meager paycheck for his wrestling matches to becoming the star with a whopping salary is remarkable. While it’s common for top-tier actors to command substantial salaries, one particular instance stands out when the...

Dwayne Johnson may be at the top of the Hollywood A-List, but despite his popularity, his latest films have failed to generate much enthusiasm or revenue, but that is all set to change thanks to Jumanji 4 finally setting a release date. Johnson's career has taken him to the extremes in terms of performances. Initially, he started out as a professional wrestler, where he grew his audience and became a popular athlete. However, his first foray into film, with his silent role as the monster in The Mummy Returns was less than spectacular.

However, Johnson pushed forward, and within a short span, he became a popular and credible actor in his own rite. His physique clearly made him a good fit for action roles and playing the hero, but Johnson also refined his ability to deliver emotional and compelling performances. And then, he found a niche as a comedy action star.

While Dwayne Johnson's movie The Scorpion King is fiction, a figure in Egyptian history known as King Scorpion did exist. The Scorpion King was released in 2002, one year after Johnson made his debut in The Mummy Returns, the second movie in The Mummy franchise. While Johnson played a villain in The Mummy Returns, the character of Mathayus was a hero in The Scorpion King. The timeline can be confusing, but the version of Mathayas that Johnson plays in The Scorpion King is actually the grandfather of his character in The Mummy Returns, and is set thousands of years before.

Even though The Scorpion King only holds a 40% on Rotten Tomatoes, the film made $180 million at the box office on a $60 million budget and cemented Johnson as a leading man in Hollywood. Therefore, audiences were clearly intrigued by Johnson's character in The Scorpion King. While Johnson did not return for any future movies,...