Dwayne Johnson For Commando Remake?

It is now all the rage to remake old Arnold Schwarzenegger movies. Nothing wrong with that in general I suppose. The newest one we’ve been hearing about is a remake of Commando. Ok, brainless fun action flick with cool one liners “Remember when I said I was going to kill you last? I LIED”. Classic. Go for it.

This rumor has now started floating around, and to me it almost makes too much sense to be be true. The word on the street is that The Rock, Dwayne Johnson, is in talks to fill Arnold’s shoes. The folks over at MovieWeb give us this:

the Commando remake that was rumoured last week here is in fact happening. And even though it’s in early development, rumors are circulating that Dwayne Johnson is being considered to fill Arnold Schwarzenegger’s shoes. Well, he might just be bad-ass enough!

I’ve always thought that Dwayne Johnson was the true heir to the Arnold action throne. Think about it. Brainles fun action flick with cool one liners! Who else would be better at that than The Rock?

But like I said earlier… this almsot makes too much sense to be true. I’m hoping that it is. I’d like to see Rock move away from these Disney family films he seems to have himself trapped in recently.

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27 thoughts on “Dwayne Johnson For Commando Remake?

  1. I’ve got to say that I think Roland Kickinger will eventually take over from Arnold because it’s just the natural choice. Ok Ok Kickinger has yet to show us all if he can act yet, just like Arnold then!
    But let’s face it done by the right people and with Kickinger in the title role it could be good.
    Personally I don’t like any ex-wrestlers acting in films because they have that type of attitude, that only wrestlers have, that they can’t shake off. You know what I mean right?

  2. Dwayne Johnson for some reasons doesn’t do it for me. I don’t why when I was young, I suddenly felt that Arnold was so great? Maybe because of Conan and The Terminator? Dwayne Johnson doesn’t have the charisma that Arnold had back then. So, I’m definitely not interested in that movie… or most remakes anyway.

  3. Sounds exactly like the governator. Action and comedy films on your resume. Good luck dude. Oh yeah, please run as a Democrat when running for gov.

  4. The Rock can definitely do this, but it’s really hard for me to picture this pop tart as John Matrix, I just watched this movie (for the 100th time) yesterday, Not to side track, but John Matrix is a Bad man, I think he could straight up Knock Rambo out his boots. Having the Rock play this character after “racing to the witch mountain” is a Joke,…

  5. Ahahaha…its so fucking true! Anyone see that scene in ‘The Rundown’ at the start where Arnie walks past Dwayne and he asks him ‘How was it?’ and Arnie replies ‘Great :)’

    That scene did it for me…it was like an official ‘passing on the torch’ to Dwayne Johnson…he is the new Arnold Schwarzenegger

    1. I frikken loved the Rundown, totally kick*ss movie. Give Dwayne Johnson the right vehicle and he can do a good movie. First movie I have ever seen where they were attacked by “horny monkeys”!

      He really needs to ditch Disney, They are ruining his career.

      I am all for Dwayne as Commando!

    2. If Johnson likes doing Disney, cool, but I do wish he’d star in more action films before age takes a toll.

      Good thing he’s in final talks (or so I read) to star in an action movie where he plays an ex-conman out to exact revenge on those who killed his brother during a double cross in a heist gone wrong. Sounds groovy!

  6. commando features not only arnolds best dialogue exchange but quite possibly the best exchange in cinema history. its at the end whent he smoke has settled and his old general has arrived

    “leave anything for us?”

    “just bodies”

    simple.

    perfect.

  7. LOL all these commits are grate except Kristin’s

    He is no one bitch he just is doing better money wise with them than he is with action films. Scorpion King Walking Tall not so good I did not mind them to be honest than he did The Rundown which is one of his better films so yea it is Time he takes Arnie place.

  8. I would love to see the Rock take his rightful place as the #1 action movie star, but I have sad feeling we’re more likely to see Dwayn in remake of “Jingle All The Way” before any other Schwarzenegger remake.

  9. If there’s a caribbean steel-drum orchestra in the soundtrack, I’m sold.

    I would also accept a horrible rap cover version of Power Station’s “We fight for love” for the end credits

    1. Oh, come now. Blow off some steam…

      No NoNo
      Gimmie Alyssa in Commando 2 and give Dwyane the Raw Deal.

      But dammit if we are gonna remake ye ol’ 80s action flicks then where in the hell is my Red Scorpion redo?

  10. I think The Rock’s been rumored for every one of these Arnold remakes….

    Oh, god. Please no Terminator remake with him. You know it could happen.

  11. I thought they basically remade Commando with Liam Neeson and called it ‘Taken’? Bad guys kidnap wrong man’s daughter and he uses his (unused since he retired) specialist skills to kill them all and get her back. Hmmmm…

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