'Lizard Music': Dwayne Johnson's film with Benny Safdie set for Christmas 2027
Amazon MGM has dated the adventure film based on Daniel Pinkwater's children's book for 25 December 2027. Johnson plays a 'Chicken Man' in his seventies.
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Amazon MGM Studios will release 'Lizard Music' in US cinemas on 25 December 2027. The project reunites Dwayne Johnson with director Benny Safdie after 'The Smashing Machine'; Safdie also wrote the screenplay.
It is based on Daniel Pinkwater's 1976 children's novel 'Lizard Music'. A boy discovers a secret late-night TV broadcast of lizards playing music and meets the eccentric 'Chicken Man' (Johnson) and his 111-year-old chicken Claudia. Together they set out to uncover a hidden society.
Theo Clark Leber plays the boy. The cast also includes Alicia Silverstone, Arya Parvathi, Regina Hall, Colman Domingo, Jeff Goldblum, Rachel McAdams, Tim Heidecker, Andrew Dice Clay and David Krumholtz. According to World of Reel, filming began in August.