John Cena and Jason Momoa joinedKiller Vacation, a project that had been in development by Peter Safran even before he and James Gunn took over the DC side of Warner Bros.
John Cena and Jason Momoa aren’t just “family,” as Dom Toretto might say, in the sense that they’re both a part of the final entries of the long-runningFast and the Furiousaction franchise. They extend that role as colleagues to their prospective places in the DCU. With Momoa playing the villain inFast Xand Cena reprising his role as Dom Toretto’s brother, Jakob, they have a charisma that they felt working together and that audiences got only a bare glimpse of when Cena’s Peacemaker verbally roasted Momoa’s Aquaman in thefinale of thePeacemakerseries.
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Varietyreports that Cena and Momoa wanted to keep theirFast Xchemistry going and shopped around for a project to do together until they were presented with the script forKiller Vacationfrom producer Safran, the guy who’ll be one-half of their new bosses (the other being James Gunn) at DC. Insiders say the script isreminiscent of movies likeTrue Lies, the 1994 Arnold Schwarzenegger/Jamie Lee Curtis/Tom Arnold spy action comedy from James Cameron, made beforeTitanicsent him into the big-budget stratosphere. Presumably,Killer Vacationis about a vacation that goes awry.
The project, by Brian Gunn (yes, the brother of new DC honcho James Gunn and actor Sean Gunn) and Mark Gunn (their cousin), is keeping it in the family with everyone in WB’s cozy DC bosom. Casting Cena and Momoa in a project with such big Gunns involved is the type of move that might also give any curious fans a hint as to what their fates will be regarding moving ahead in the new iteration of the DC universe after recentshakeups with properties likeWonder Woman 3. This makes it clear the studio loves them.
All of this, of course, is aside from the pair’s other commitments to the studio. Momoa will star inthe upcomingAquaman and the Lost Kingdom, a sequel to the 2018 James Wan movie, set to hit theaters in December of 2023 after COVID hit the various effects staff so hard. Cena, for his part, will reprise his role as the titularPeacemakerin the upcoming second season of his show that will continue the redemption arc the former villain and Suicide Squad member began in the first one when he confronted his racist father, the White Dragon (Robert Patrick), and put him six feet under during his quest to stop extraterrestrial butterflies from taking over the world.
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