Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson Teaming Up With JJ Abrams For What Some Fans Think Is a New Superhero Project – IGN

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is teasing a mysterious new project involving JJ Abrams, taking to Instagram to share a photo of himself at dinner with Abrams, X-Men writer Zak Penn, and producer Hiram Garcia (who has a lot of fans doing double takes over his resemblance to Vin Diesel).

Johnson wrote in the caption, “Years in the making — we finally broke bread, we drank, we laughed, got a lil’ drunk (maybe that was just me) we talked life stuff, love stuff, dude stuff and took our time chopping up our passion for movies and storytelling. Then we all raised a glass and toasted to…. yup, this one is gonna be fun.”

He signed the photo “JJ & DJ from the mind of Zak Penn” with a cryptic, “… tonight, it comes to life…”

The image has fans speculating over the possibility of a superhero team-up in light of Penn’s pedigree as a writer. In addition X2 and X-Men: The Last Stand, Penn was a co-writer on The Avengers and 2008’s The Incredible Hulk. His most recent movie credit is 2021’s Free Guy, which he co-wrote with Matt Lieberman.

Both Johnson and Abrams are still recovering from high-profile misfires in Black Adam and Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker respectfully. While Johnson has mostly kept busy in the wake of Black Adam, appearing in Red One and the upcoming Moana 2, Abrams has kept a comparatively low-profile since 2019.

We’ll know soon enough what the Abrams and The Rock are cooking. In the meantime, check out all the rest of the biggest movies releasing in 2024.

Kat Bailey is IGN’s News Director as well as co-host of Nintendo Voice Chat. Have a tip? Send her a DM at @the_katbot.