Naomie Harris cast in 80s video game adaptation 'Rampage'

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By Darian Scalamoni

            Dwayne Johnson has consistently been one of the busiest people in Hollywood. After massive successes in 2016 like Central Intelligence, the recently Oscar-nominated Moana and Season 2 of HBO’s Ballers, he has an even busier slate in the upcoming years. One of those projects that is in pre-production is Rampage. The movie is based on the 1980s video game that featured a gorilla, crocodile and wolf that wreak havoc on North American cities and now we have another casting announcement for the film. According to The Tracking Board, Naomie Harris is set to join the cast of Rampage.

            Johnson will play an animal-loving hero who is the world’s only hope when Harris tries to take out these large animals as a geneticist with a moral streak. Harris is coming off of Moonlight, for which she was just nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Brad Peyton (San Andreas, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island) is set to reunite with Dwayne Johnson and direct the video game adaptation.

            This will be Harris’ first project post-Moonlight but she is also attached to Andy Serkis’ live-action Jungle Book, not to be confused with 2016’s The Jungle Book that was directed by Jon Favreau. Hopefully soon, we’ll be getting more information and casting news for Rampage!