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\n\tDwayne Johnson<\/a> and Benny Safdie<\/a>\u2018s next collaboration, a movie titled \u201cLizard Music\u201d \u2014 which sees Johnson as a 70-year-old called \u201cChicken Man\u201d with a 111-year-old chicken named Claudia as his closest companion \u2014 has landed at Amazon MGM Studios\u2019 United Artists<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n\tSafdie is directing and wrote the script, based on the Daniel Pinkwater novel of the same name. UA and Scott Stuber<\/a> landed the hot project in a competitive situation.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cWe are so thrilled to partner once again with extraordinarily talented Dwayne Johnson, as well as work for the first time with the amazing creator, writer and director Benny Safdie, on \u2018Lizard Music,’\u201d stated Courtenay Valenti, head of film, streaming and theatrical for Amazon MGM. \u201cEveryone at Amazon MGM and UA is deeply inspired by their previous collaboration on the critically acclaimed \u2018The Smashing Machine.\u2019 We are so excited to now collaborate with them on this imaginative, entertaining and cinematic story; \u2018Lizard Music\u2019 is a tale that feels both timeless and unique. We are very fortunate that they have trusted us to be their studio partners.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tThe film will follow a boy opens a \u201chidden door to the extraordinary\u201d when he \u201cstumbles upon a secret late-night broadcast of lizards playing otherworldly music,\u201d an early synopsis explains. \u201cHis search for answers leads him to the eccentric and whimsical septuagenarian Chicken Man, and his beloved companion, a 111-year-old chicken named Claudia \u2014 two kindred spirits who found each other at just the right time. United by this shared vision, they set off on an adventure that begins as a hunt for a hidden society but blossoms into something far greater: a voyage through invisible worlds, unexpected harmonies and the unbreakable bond between lost souls who discover magic not only in what they find, but in each other.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tIn his statement, Safdie shared that he\u2019d read Pinkwater\u2019s \u201cLizard Music\u201d to his two sons. \u201cWe were riveted by its imagination and wonder,\u201d the filmmaker said. \u201cI love Daniel Pinkwater as a person and an author; the idea of making a movie where everyone can join the conversation is both thrilling and beautiful. To go on this adventure with Dwayne and to be able to watch him transform and become the Chicken Man is just beyond\u2026 I can\u2019t wait!\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tStuber will produce the film alongside UA\u2019s Nick Nesbitt, Safdie (for his Out for the Count Productions), Johnson (for his Seven Bucks Productions) and Magnetic Fields Entertainment\u2019s David Koplan.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cI\u2019ve been lucky enough to work with Dwayne and Benny on multiple projects and have seen firsthand their incredible talents and connection as artists,\u201d Stuber said. \u201cThe world they\u2019ve created together for \u2018Lizard Music\u2019 is unlike anything either has done before, and we couldn\u2019t be more excited to bring this wonderfully imaginative story to life.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tNews of the forthcoming project broke amid Johnson and Safie\u2019s press tour for \u201cThe Smashing Machine,\u201d as the wrestler-turned-actor appeared noticeably thinner on the red carpet. (He\u2019d packed on 30 lbs to play MMA fighter Mark Kerr for that film and delivered a performance which is garnering Oscar buzz.) In interviews<\/a>, including with Variety\u2019s Marc Malkin<\/a>, Johnson explained that his fluctuating appearance was preparation for his next movie.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cI\u2019ve been dieting,\u201d Johnson said at the film\u2019s Los Angeles premiere. \u201cHappy to not be carrying all the weight. I\u2019m able to tuck in my shirt now\u2026I don\u2019t look pregnant so it\u2019s all good.\u201d About the character\u2019s final look, he added: \u201cThink Clint Eastwood at 75. Sinewy muscles, he\u2019s lean.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source variety.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dwayne Johnson and Benny Safdie\u2018s next collaboration, a movie titled \u201cLizard Music\u201d \u2014 which sees Johnson as a 70-year-old called \u201cChicken Man\u201d with a 111-year-old chicken named Claudia as his closest companion \u2014 has landed at Amazon MGM Studios\u2019 United Artists. 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