Michael Caine Joins Journey 2 The Mysterious Island

The sequel to Journey to the Center of the Earth will be called Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, and joining Dwayne Johnson and Josh Hutcherson is no other than Michael Caine, appropriately playing the grandfather, lost on the Mysterious Island.

Dark Horizons reports:

Josh Hutcherson reprises his role from the first movie as a young man who, along with his mom’s boyfriend (Dwayne Johnson), goes on a trip to a mythical island to find his missing grandfather.

Caine will play said grandfather who gets involved in several action and chase sequences including one involving giant bees. Brad Peyton directs from a script loosely based on Jules Verne’s “The Mysterious Island”.

Michael Caine is the prefect grandfather figure in any family friendly film. He can play stodgy and firm or whimsical and fun and they both sound the same coming from his mouth.

Seems a good fit to me.