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Dwayne Johnson's $216 Million Buddy Cop Comedy With 71% on Rotten Tomatoes Is a Hit on Streaming

Published 4 weeks ago2 minute read

will always be known for being The Most Electrifying Man in Sports Entertainment and delivering Rock Bottoms and People’s Elbows, but he’s found major success as a Hollywood star in this latter stage in his career. One of ’s biggest movies in his career to date is , the buddy cop action comedy that also stars . Central Intelligence is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary next year, but before it does so, it’s finding success as one of the most popular movies of the week on Max, sitting at #3 at the time of writing. The film earned a score of 71% from critics and a rating of 62% from general audiences on Rotten Tomatoes, and it grossed $216 million at the worldwide box office.

, , and teamed up to write the screenplay for Central Intelligence, and Thurber also stepped behind the camera to direct the film. Thurber has worked with Dwayne Johnson several times in his career, most recently on , the 2021 Netflix Original action movie that also stars and . The two also reunited for , the disaster thriller that recruited Scream veteran to star alongside Johnson. Thurber made his directorial debut 21 years ago on , the comedy starring and , and his only two other directorial credits in his career came on () in 2008 and () in 2013.

Rawson Marshall Thurber has several projects in the works, but perhaps none are more important than the live-action Voltron movie which is currently in production but does not yet have an official release date. The film has assembled a star-studded cast led by former Superman and Witcher actor , with and veteran starring alongside him. , who could recently be seen in the popular Netflix series , has also been tapped for a role in the live-action Voltron movie, with Rita Ora, Laura Gordon, Nathan Jones, John Kim, and Tim Griffin filling out the rest of the supporting cast.

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