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The Rock joins action drama 'Faster'

Published Thursday, May 7 2009, 10:23 BST | By Alex Fletcher
The Rock joins action drama 'Faster'

Rex Features

The Rock has signed up to star in Phil Joanou's action drama Faster, according to Variety.

The former WWE star, real name Dwayne Johnson, will play an ex-con who is determined to avenge the death of his brother, who was killed in a heist ten years earlier.

Mark Ciardi and Gordon Gray, who worked with Johnson on The Game Plan and upcoming movie Tooth Fairy, will co-produce.

The project begins shooting in August.

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