Dwayne The Rock Johnson has announced John Cena will star in his adaptation of the Robert Ludlum novel “The Jansen Directive” through his Seven Bucks Productions.
Johnson posted the following on Instagram announcing the casting:
Found my star!
Congrats to my good bud John Cena on landing the lead role for our movie, THE JANSON DIRECTIVE.
A project that myself, @sevenbucksprod, our production partners and Universal Studios have been developing for years now.
Congrats man and I’m excited to go on this journey with you. Thank you for your commitment to the role and remember, as your producer if you screw up, I’m coming to set and droppin’ the People’s Elbow on ya. And you know first hand how devastating my elbow drops can be. Congrats my friend and let’s go make a good one.
The Rock was originally attached to star in the project himself; the film was originally supposed to serve as the launch of a Ludlum ‘cinematic universe’ through Universal. Johnson also posted the following comments after Variety picked up on the news:
Found my star! Been a long time coming and congrats to my good bud @JohnCena on landing the lead role for our film, THE JANSON DIRECTIVE. And if you screw up, I’m layin’ the smackdown on ya ??? Lets work hard and make a good one. @SevenBucksProd https://t.co/pfYKbBGHAa
— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) April 30, 2018
