Fresh off "The Smashing Machine," Dwayne Johnson and Benny Safdie's next project "Lizard Music" has been picked up by Scott Stuber and Amazon MGM's United Artists in a competitive situation. Safdie ...

According to Deadline, the pair is now in the process of setting up an adaptation of Daniel Pinkwater novel ‘Lizard Music’. Pinkwater’s book is the story of a boy who is left to his own devices. When ...

Dwayne Johnson and Benny Safdie attend the Los Angeles premiere of A24's 'The Smashing Machine' on Sept. 29, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images After Deadline exclusively ...

Dwayne Johnson has been on a remarkable career journey, steadily transitioning from action star to serious actor, although his next project will be quite bizarre. Known for his larger-than-life roles ...

Following a competitive situation, Amazon MGM Studios’ United Artists and Scott Stuber have landed Lizard Music, a package with Dwayne Johnson attached to star and Benny Safdie attached to direct.

"The Smashing Machine" team is attached to a package that would have Safdie adapt Daniel Pinkwater's young adult book "Lizard Music" and starring The Rock as a character called The Chicken Man. Coming ...

Following the success of their film, The Smashing Machine, at the Venice Film Festival, where director Benny Safdie won the Silver Lion, and star Dwayne Johnson received a 12-minute standing ovation, ...

Dwayne Johnson and Benny Safdie’s next collaboration, a movie titled “Lizard Music” — which sees Johnson as a 70-year-old called “Chicken Man” with a 111-year-old chicken named Claudia as his closest ...

Dwayne Johnson and Benny Safdie at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival (Credit: Getty Images) Fresh off “The Smashing Machine,” Dwayne Johnson and Benny Safdie’s next project “Lizard Music” ...

United Artists and Scott Stuber are behind the package adapting Daniel Pinkwater's novel. By Ryan Gajewski Senior Entertainment Reporter The next feature collaboration between Dwayne Johnson and Benny ...

UA's Scott Stuber will produce the film, which stars Johnson as a septuagenarian whose best friend is a chicken The film will follow a boy opens a “hidden door to the extraordinary” when he “stumbles ...