While the movie isn't a massive box office hit, it is currently the number one movie in the world and has made $283 million worldwide. This will be the second major release of the year for Johnson, who currently stars in the video game adaptation Rampage. Executive producers include Dany Garcia ( Ballers), Wendy Jacobson ( San Andreas), Eric McLeod ( Kong: Skull Island) and Eric Hedayat ( Real Steel). The original action thriller is produced by Beau Flynn ( Baywatch), Thurber and Dwayne Johnson's producing partner Hiram Garcia. Rawson Marshall Thurber, who previously worked with The Rock on Central Intelligence, wrote and directed Skyscraper, which is set for release on July 13. Now a wanted man on the run, he must find those responsible, clear his name and rescue his family who, are trapped inside the building above the raging inferno. On assignment in China he finds the tallest and allegedly safest building in the world suddenly ablaze, an incident that he's been framed for it. His new job is to assess the security for skyscrapers around the world. war veteran Will Sawyer, played by Dwayne Johnson. Skyscraper follows a former FBI Hostage Rescue Team leader and U.S. It recalls the Hans Gruber death scene from Die Hard, only it's the good guy in trouble this time and, barring some unforeseen twist, we're betting the hero makes it out of this predicament alive. In the poster, Johnson's character is literally clinging on for dear life with just one hand, as the city looms far below him. To add to the complications, the building also happens to be on fire. The poster was debuted by Dwayne Johnson on social media and, like the previous poster for Skyscraper, it plays on the idea that he is going to be very high up in the air combatting various dangers on the world's tallest building. This summer, he's cooking up an original action movie in Skyscraper and the star has just unveiled the latest poster. While the idea of a movie star alone being able to sell audiences on a movie has largely died away, The Rock has really become his own brand and people all around the world will turn up to see what he's got cooking. EDIT: I realized The Rocks position in the poster can approximate his initial velocity off the crane. Dwayne Johnson has become, perhaps, the single most bankable movie star on the planet in recent years. The film received mixed reviews from critics, who praised Johnson's performance but criticized the script as clichéd and too similar to The Towering Inferno and Die Hard.A new poster for Skyscraper has arrived online. The film was released in the United States by Universal Pictures on July 13, 2018, in 2D and Real D 3D, and has grossed over $186 million worldwide against its production budget of around $125 million. The first non-comedy of Thurber's career, it also marks his second collaboration with Johnson, following Central Intelligence (2016).įilming began in September 2017 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The story follows a former FBI agent who must rescue his family from a newly built skyscraper – the tallest in the world – after it is taken over by criminals and set on fire.
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