By Steve ‘frosty’ Wientraub
Just a few days ago I was invited – along with a few other online journalists – to the set ofFaster in Studio City, California. While I can only write what’s called a “preview piece”, I can report they showed us some footage from the movie and we got to watch Johnson film an action scene that featured him firing one of the largest hand guns I’ve ever seen.
But let me back up a second.
Since many of you might not know about the movie…along with Dwayne Johnson, Fasterstars Billy Bob Thornton and newcomer Oliver Jackson-Cohen alongside Carla Gugino, Maggie Grace, and Moon Bloodgood. George TillmanJr.
(Notorious, Men of Honor, Soul Food) is directing from a screenplay written by Joe and Tony Gayton.
While on set we got to interview Dwayne Johnson, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, and directorGeorge Tillman Jr. But all the interviews are embargoed till later this year.
As I said before, the movie is about Johnson seeking revenge on the four people that killed his brother. The beginning of the film sees Johnson leaving prison after a long sentence (why will be revealed later) and he goes on a killing spree almost immediately. As soon as that starts to happen, a Cop (Billy Bob Thorton) is on his tail and a killer (Oliver Jackson-Cohen) is also taking an interest in him.
What’s cool is everyone on set talked about the film being a throwback to the 70’s in terms of tone and action and none of the characters have names beyond Cop, Killer and Driver (Dwayne Johnson). Again, with this being a preview piece, I can’t say much more than that.
Just know if you’re a fan of Dwayne Johnson action star, later this year you’ll be able to see him kick some ass again.
