The Rock joins action drama 'Faster'

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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.