Rampage Movie Director Promises It's "Scarier Than You Expect"

Rampagewas one of the primo quarter eaters of its day. The classic video game allowed you to take control of your typical monster movie standards, a giant lizard (not Godzilla), a giant ape (not royalty), and...a giant werewolf. Your mission? To destroy as many buildings as possible while the army tries to kill you.

There have been other Rampagegames, but none matched the charm of the original. The thought of a Rampagemovie might seem a little redundant because, well...that's what Godzilla, King Kong, and assorted other kaiju flicks are for. Plus, there's even a Godzilla vs. Kong movie in the works to arrive after Kong: Skull Islandand Godzilla 2. Ah, but I digress...

The Rampagemovie stars none other than Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, although not as one of the giant monsters, with a script by Carlton Cuse and Ryan Condal. 

Brad Peyton, who directed Johnson in the similarly destructive San Andreas, is now confirmed as director, and he's been speaking a little about what to expect from the film while promoting his new film, Incarnate (quotes via We Got This Covered).

"It’s going to be a lot more emotional, a lot scarier and a lot more real than you’d expect," Peyton said. "So you look at that original concept about a lab that affects these animals and makes them rampage, and that’s the nugget."

Don't worry, though, it's definitely "a monster film" and he confirmed that the iconic rampagers will all be in there. "There’s the three, the lizard, the ape and the wolf, so we’re keeping it similar, but you’ll have to stay tuned to find out where we’re going with this."

Rampage Movie Release Date

Dwayne Johnson has a full schedule, of course, but Rampagewill shoot in the summer of 2017 to make a release date of April 20, 2018.

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