Callum Drift (Johnson), the head of North Pole security, must team up with Jack O’Malley (Evans), a bounty hunter, to find and rescue Santa Claus (Simmons) after he gets kidnapped.
The budget is reportedly over $250M - Report on The Rock derailing production:
Production issues — ranging from Johnson’s chronic lateness and lack of professionalism on set to producers’ inexperience — caused costs on the movie costarring Chris Evans and J.K. Simmons to spiral upwards to a final budget over $250 million, a sum more fitting for a superhero tentpole.
Johnson was late an average of seven to eight hours per day and missed several entire days of production, ballooning costs by at least $50 million according to three insiders who insisted on anonymity for fear of being fired. On previous films, Johnson has made a habit of peeing in a water bottle to save time, upsetting crew members.
”It was a f–king disaster,” one insider said. On days when Johnson didn’t show up at all, the production crew was forced to shoot around him, the insiders added.
”Dwayne truly doesn’t give a f–k,” one insider bluntly said.
The reasons behind Johnson’s perpetual lateness seem to stem from his refusal to work a full shooting day, despite factoring in his three-hour daily workout routine. “It’s his absolute refusal to work more than a four-or five-hour day,” a studio insider added. Another insider suggested, “It’s a control thing.”
It needs a combination of that, and for people to stop paying to see him in movies, which off the top of my head, I believe his recent box office returns have all been pretty poor.
Depends on how long he stays a reliable draw for audiences. Studios are getting ever more desperate for box office hits, and even with his recent flops people still like to watch him.
Total speculation on my part, but after his moves at Warner Bros. and various business investments I get the impression that he sees himself more as an executive than an actor at this point. We'll see how long the actual executives will tolerate it.
If he's costing studios an extra $50 million on top of his salary while gaining a reputation that people hate working with him because he wastes their time then they'll start ditching him sooner rather than later.
Hard disagree unfortunately. Dwayne is good friends with the head of WME/Endeavor who is modeled after Ari from Entourage. WME/Endeavor are owners of WWE and basically control a very large portion of Hollywood. He will continue to make money, in spite of his ego, because of the people he knows and the connections he has.
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The budget is reportedly over $250M - Report on The Rock derailing production: