Dwayne Johnson was up bright and early this morning to share his review of this weekend’sStephen King adaptation ITwith the world. He loves the movie. It’s one of his top ten favorites. Ok, we got it, this thriller is great. But that might not be the big take away from this latest social media post from The Rock. It almost seems as if he just subtly announcedITdirector Andy Muschietti as the possible helmer behind Johnson’s standaloneBlack Adammovie. Here’s the quote that is catching some attention straight fromThe Rock’s official Instagram.
“Great talking with you man and we’re gonna have some fun working together down the road.”
It sounds like The Rock was shown an early cut ofITtwo months ago to get a feel for Andy Muschietti’s work. We know thatITis a New Line movie. As isBlack Adam. So, they talked. And they’ll be working together soon. Um. Sure sounds like the guy could be directingBlack Adamto us.
Muschietti has said that he wants to direct an adaptation of Stephen King’sPet Sematary, but he’ll be directingIT 2first, which should be officially announced afterITmakes a killing at the box office this weekend. Dwayne Johnson has a ton of movies on his plate at the moment. He is shooting Skyscraper right now. Then he moves onto Disney’sJungle Cruise, which will shoot roughly at the same time asIT 2. Then, well, you see where this is headed. The two could definitely team up sometime in 2019 toshoot Black Adam.
Muschietti is currently in early development on a Dracula prequel for Paramount Pictures. It is not tied to Universal’s Dark Universe movies in any way. But there is no clear indication of when that movie will be hitting theaters.
We knowShazamis the next DC movie to shoot afterAquaman. But that movie is being directed by David Sandberg, who gave the world the nail-biting thrillerLights Out. AndDwayne Johnson’s Black Adamis confirmed to have beencut out of the movie. Hmm. All things to ponder. Here is the rest of the Rock’s social media review of his future director’sIT
“I saw this movie two months ago and it instantly became one of my all time favorites. Easily TOP 10 all time. Not only does it redefine the horror genre, but it’s so layered, smart and brilliantly scary. Congrats to the awesome young cast akaThe Losers Clubfor killing their performances. To Bill Skarsgard for delivering an iconic performance as Pennywise. And to the entire crew and my good buds at Warner Bros/New Line. And most of all congrats to director, Andy Muschietti for making such a defining film. You knocked it outta the f*cking park! As a huge fan of the horror genre, this one’s special. Have you fully recovered @simonegjohnson?”
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnsonhas a lot of praise for the director ofIT. This isn’t coming out of left field. There is definitely more to this than meets the eye. There were plenty of buzz worthy movies in the past four months, and The Rock didn’t review any of them. So we’ll have to wait and see how this all turns out.
