Dwayne Johnson Will Star With Kevin Hart in the Action-Comedy 'Central Intelligence'
Warner Bros. should just start printing the money now.
The studio’s offshoot New Line just announced that it will pair that affable giant Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson (above, left) with mega-popular comedian/wind-up doll Kevin Hart (right) in an upcoming action-comedy called Central Intelligence.
The plot, according to Variety, features Hart as a high school jock–turned–accountant who is contacted by a former classmate who used to be picked on by school bullies. That classmate, if you can believe it, would later become a CIA contract killer (played by Johnson). Because he is a giant and will not take no for an answer, the ex-loser is able to persuade the little accountant into joining him on a wild chase to foil a plot to sell classified military secrets.
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Rawson Marshal Thurber, who directed the 2013 hit comedy We’re the Millers, will get behind the camera on this project. The first draft of the script was co-written by The Mindy Project’s Ike Barinholtz; Ed Helms is one of the executive producers. It doesn’t take a whole lot of Intelligence to predict this movie will make the studio — and both stars — a whole lot of money.
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