The Rock's Rampage Movie Is Actually Happening

Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson has no fewer than three movies lined up for release in 2017--Baywatch, The Fate of the Furious, and Jumaji. He's about to start work on the next--the big screen adaptation of the classic arcade game Rampage, which begins shooting in April.

Johnson took to Instagram to reveal the production start date, and stated that he had gathered with the movie's director, producers, and writers for an epic meeting to go through the movie's script.

In his post, Johnson stressed the importance of his audience to the movies he makes. He wrote: "My fave moment from this merciless six hour meeting was when I shared with this group that there's an equity and trust I've built with my audience that they trust me to take them on an epic ride, and [we] always do our best to send them home happy.

"[It was] very cool moment to see everyone's eyes light and heads start to nod. To win on any level you gotta have teamwork and collaboration and can't thank everyone enough in this room for their energy and focus. More to come. Start shooting this April. "

Johnson also hinted at the character he will playing the movie: "Next stop for me in my research--the primate division at the Atlanta Zoo (my character's a Primatologist and head of an anti poaching unit in Rwanda). [He's a] really informative and educational character to play."

Brad Peyton (San Andreas) is set to direct Rampage. In January, Peyton explained that the movie might "surprise" audiences. "We're going to build a movie, like San Andreas, that is really going to surprise people in what it delivers," he said. "It's going to be a lot more emotional, a lot scarier, and a lot more real than you'd expect."

Rampage was originally released in arcades back in 1986 before being ported to more than a dozen other platforms--it's appeared on everything from the Commodore 64 to the PS2. It's also seen a number of sequels produced, though by the time the movie comes out, it will have been more than a decade since the last of these, Total Destruction, was released.