Why I Think Dwayne Johnson is Making a 'God of War' Movie

Some of the latest video game movies on the horizon include Uncharted, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Borderlands, and even an animated film based in the world of Mario that's being produced by Illumination (Despicable Me, Sing). Imagine the shock that came across gamers' faces everywhere when they learned that another brand new video game film is coming their way...from none other than Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson!

During a conversation with Men’s Journal, Dwayne spilled the beans on this unexpected cinematic endeavor - "I can't tell you which game in particular we're doing, but there will be an announcement this year. We're going to bring one of the biggest, most badass games to the screen — one that I've played for years. He went on to add even more hyperbole to that previous comment - "I'm really excited to bring it to fans around the world. Of course, we're going to do right by our gamer friends — but really we're just going to make a great movie."

Now good ol' Rocky certainly knows a thing or two about video game movies since he's starred in a few of them. He popped up in 2005's Doom, starred in 2018's Rampage, and appeared in the video game-themed Jumanji reboot & its sequel Jumanji: The Next Level. Now were all those movies quality cinematic viewing? Not exactly. But I can't help but love Dwayne and watch anything he happens to be a part of (y'all already know I'm gonna pull up for Black Adam!). With all the recent talk about him working behind the scenes on an amazing video game movie adaptation, my brain immediately went to one major possibility - God of War.

So here's hoping that Dwayne is working on becoming a live-action version of Kratos. And fingers crossed that this video game movie that he's hyping to the moon isn't something super disappointing (could you imagine him getting us all excited for a Call of Duty movie? Ugh...).