‘Journey 2: The Mysterious Island’ is the sequel to ‘Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D’ and will star none other than Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. Josh Hutcherson is returning as aspiring explorer Sean Anderson. Johnson will star as the boyfriend of Hutcherson’s mom who is forced to bring him on a trip to find his missing grandfather on a mythical island. The film is loosely based on Jules Verne’s “The Mysterious Island.”
Apparently, Brendan Fraser was not able to commit to the start date of this film which freed the production team to start looking for his replacement. Regardless, he is a strong action star and much better than Brendan Fraser for this film in my opinion. It seems that Johnson is trying to shed “The Rock” persona that made him famous by having only his first and last name attached to movies. The bad thing is that I have yet to see the original, I am just not a huge fan of Fraser’s recent films.
What are your thoughts on this bit of casting news? Does this sound like a good film?
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Sounds like a very sexy prospect
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I am excited for this more because of Josh Hutcherson.
I fell asleep with the Fraser version and I hope that Johnson can do better.
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What has happened to poor Brendan Fraser??? Yes, Mr. Johnson has been focusing a lot on more “wholesome” entertainment with a number of family-oriented films. A DVD rental, perhaps….
The one including Brendan Fraser was utter shit, and Fraser was charming and interesting as hell and it was still that boring. Dwayne is still The Rock, I don’t care what he says. If he’s going to dress up as The Tooth Fairy in films, I’m only going to take his career so seriously.
Sounds super. Let’s take a horrible film, make a sequel to it. Get a dwindling star. Bring back the weakest actor from the original. See if we can sell the rights on eBay. Bake some cookies. And tell people it’s in 3D.
Right, the original did “well” because of the 3D gimmick. 3D is no longer a gimmick, it’s a gimme. If the movie does over $50m I’d be shocked. Especially since we probably won’t see it for 2 years (unless it gets the speed treatment).
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