In the midst of involvement with WWE for its annual WrestleMania pay-per-view, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson remains a commodity in Hollywood.
The wrestler-turned-actor landed the lead role in “Snitch,” says THR, about a father who goes undercover to help bust a senior drug dealer and reduce his son’s prison sentence stemming from a drug charge. Ric Roman Waugh is writing and directing.
— In other film news, THR says that Will Sasso remains a frontrunner to land one of the three lead roles in The Farrelly Brothers’ upcoming “Three Stooges” movie. Cher is also eying a part.