The Rock Talks Shazam, Get Smart and more!
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson was in Sin City Sunday for a special Cinevegas charity premiere of Get Smart to benefit The Rock Foundation children’s charity.
Cinevegas 10th AnniversaryReelzChannel.com spoke with The Rock about the Vegas premiere, The Rock Foundation and his exciting upcoming project Billy Batson and the Legend of Shazam, in which he will be playing villainous Black Adam. (more…)
Dwayne Johnson (AKA “The Rock”) has been working hard to leave his tough wrestling persona behind as he pursues a big-screen career. He took a giant step last year when he put on a tutu for the surprise hit comedy The Game Plan.
Now, he’s doing schtick in the big screen version of the TV series Get Smart, co-starring with Steve Carell. When he isn’t acting, Johnson’s first priority is his six-year-old daughter Alexandra.
You got to kiss Steve Carell. Was that a memorable moment?
“It was great. How many men can say they had a nice big lip-lock with Steve Carell? It shows the lengths I go to be a committed actor. Jake Gyllenhaal did it. Will Smith did it. I thought it was my turn to kiss a man.” (more…)
Interview with The Dead bolt
Formerly known as “The Rock” in the wrestling world, Dwayne Johnson has made huge strides as an actor. After starring in The Scorpion King and The Rundown in 2002 and 2003, Johnson set his sights on making a career as a big screen actor, adding to his Hollywood resume with roles in such films as Walking tall, Be Cool,Doom, Southland Tales, Gridiron Gang, and hugely successful family hit The Game Plan. Now, with his wrestling persona far behind him, Dwayne Johnson joins Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway as Agent 23 in the big screen remake of the classic TV series Get Smart, which hits theatres on June 20. (more…)
CineVegas wisens up with special charity screening of GET SMART on Sunday, June 15, benefiting actor Dwayne Johnson’s The Rock Foundation.
As part of its tenth anniversary celebration, the CineVegas Film Festival will host a special charity screening of Warner Bros. Pictures’ Get Smart on Sunday, June 15, at Planet Hollywood Resort Casino, with proceeds benefiting The Rock Foundation and its special program, Project Knapsack. Founded by Get Smart star Dwayne Johnson, who will attend the event, The Rock Foundation provides programs designed to enrich and empower the lives and self-esteem of children worldwide. The organization’s educational initiative is exhibited by its support of Project Knapsack, a pen-pal and school-supply program between American students and their peers in developing countries. The program strives to enhance the current level of primary education and reduce barriers affecting student learning. Prior to the screening, Johnson will be presented with a Brenden Celebrity Star by Johnny Brenden, president and CEO of Brenden Theatres, at the Brenden Theatres at the Palms Casino Resort.
Variety gave the 1st official Get Smart review from the viewing at the Mann Chinese Theater in LA:
It seemed like a natural: Redo “Get Smart,” the landmark ’60s TV spy spoof, with Steve Carell. Who better to update Maxwell Smart — the idiot-savantish secret agent originated by Don Adams — than “The Office’s” master of disassociative, self-effacing humor? But in the end, a bigscreen version of television’s “Get Smart” had issues to address — the hero was too one-dimensional, the female lead too adoring, the Cold War too over. So helmer Peter Segal’s formulaic takeoff is neither fish nor fowl, not quite faithful to the show, but not quite bringing it into the 21st century either. It may ride Carell’s star to major B.O., at least initially. But it’s nothing you want to take off your shoe and call home about. (more…)
