Rampage Set Photos Tease the Video Game Adaptation

Two new Rampage set photos are here, thanks to Dwayne Johnson himself

A steady flow of Rampage set photos continues, thanks to leading man Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. Over the weekend, he posted two new images to social media, offering a look at New Line Cinema’s video game adaptation. Check them both out in the gallery viewer below and read on for new plot and character details!

Rampage follows Johnson as primatologist Davis Okoye, a man who keeps people at a distance, shares an unshakable bond with George, the extraordinarily intelligent, silverback gorilla who has been in his care since birth. But a rogue genetic experiment gone awry transforms this gentle ape into a raging monster. To make matters worse, it’s soon discovered there are other similarly altered alpha predators. As these newly created monsters tear across North America, destroying everything in their path, Okoye teams with a discredited genetic engineer to secure an antidote, fighting his way through an ever-changing battlefield, not only to halt a global catastrophe but to save the fearsome creature that was once his friend.

Johnson drops a few new plot and character details alongside these new Rampage set photos.

“ In this scene our Oscar winning Weta Digital (‘Lord of the Rings,’ ‘Avatar’ etc) is using their ground breaking ‘performance capture’ to bring ‘George’ the Silverback to life,” says Johnson of the first photo. “It uses over 30 special cameras to ‘see’ the performance of my co-actor [Jason Liles], allowing the digital artists to make the most realistic and badass animations possible. He’s wearing a ‘facial capture helmet’ and we can record every muscle movement and expression and emotion of George as goes on a rampage. Jason studied gorillas for months preparing for this performance capture role – facial expressions, sounds, habits and emotions. Spectacular performance.  What a learning curve for me and such a pleasure to help produce these amazing artists who come to set daily to be game changers.”

The second of the new Rampage set photos offers a look at Johnson and two of his more human costars.

“Rampaging nights with my partners in crime, Naomie Harris and Jeffery Dean Morgan,” he captions the second photo. “The animal loving anti-poacher Ranger from Rwanda, the groundbreaking geneticist from CRISPR and the cowboy himself from the OGA – the ‘other’ government agency.”

Rampage also stars Malin Akerman, Jake Lacy, Joe Manganiello, P.J. Byrne, Marley Shelton, Breanne Hill, Jack Quaid, and Matt Gerald.

New Line will release Rampage in theaters on April 20, 2018.

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