Regina Hall Joins Dwayne Johnson In 'Lizard Music'
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- Regina Hall has joined Dwayne Johnson in Benny Safdie's live-action/CGI hybrid film "Lizard Music" from Amazon MGM Studios and United Artists, where she'll play The Chicken Man's friend and co-worker.
- Benny Safdie wrote the script, adapted from Daniel Pinkwater's novel of the same name, and is producing through Out for the Count Productions alongside Johnson via Seven Bucks Productions, with Scott Stuber and Nick Nesbitt for UA and David Koplan for Magnetic Fields Entertainment.
- Dwayne Johnson stars as an eccentric old man nicknamed The Chicken Man alongside his 111-year-old chicken Claudia, in a story about a boy (Theo Leber) who discovers a secret late-night broadcast of lizards playing otherworldly music and embarks on a voyage through invisible worlds.
- The ensemble also includes Theo Leber, Alicia Silverstone, and Tim Heidecker, with Johnson also producing.
- Hall recently earned strong reviews for Paul Thomas Anderson's Oscar-winning "One Battle After Another" opposite Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, and Benicio Del Toro.
- Her Peacock series "The Five-Star Weekend" became Peacock's top scripted title of all time, surpassing 1 billion viewing minutes in its first week after premiering July 9, and ranked among Nielsen's top five original streaming series for the week of July 6–12.
- Upcoming projects for Hall include "Judgment Day" opposite Will Ferrell for Prime Video, Netflix's limited series "Rabbit, Rabbit" opposite Adam Driver, and a reprisal of Brenda Meeks in Scary Movie 6.
Why it matters: Hall arrives at "Lizard Music" at a career peak: fresh off Paul Thomas Anderson's Oscar-winning "One Battle After Another" and with her Peacock series "The Five-Star Weekend" topping the platform as its #1 scripted title ever at over 1 billion viewing minutes in week one. For Amazon MGM and United Artists, attaching a prestige-validated star alongside Johnson gives Safdie's hybrid fantasy meaningful cast weight — and for Hall, it's another high-profile swing after a run that already includes a PTA ensemble, a streaming record-breaker, and a Scary Movie sequel.
