Dwayne Johnson is making a new video game movie – so what could it be?

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Dwayne Johnson has revealed he's developing a movie based on «one of the biggest, most badass games» of all time – and yes, we're hoping it isn't Doom II, too.

In a chat with Men's Journal for Black Adam, the upcoming DCEU movie that he'll star in later this year, Johnson was asked whether he's planning any movie adaptations on popular games.

Surprisingly, Johnson revealed he was, briefly explaining his love for the Madden gaming series before exclusively revealing that an announcement on a new video game movie would be made very soon.

«I can’t tell you which game in particular we’re doing, but there will be an announcement this year,» Johnson said. «We’re going to bring one of the biggest, most badass games to the screen – one that I’ve played for years. I’m really excited to bring it to fans around the world. Of course we’re going to do right by our gamer friends – but really we’re just going to make a great movie.»

There's no word yet on whether Johnson will bring the film to the big screen or if he'll be partnering with a streaming giant instead. Most recently, Johnson starred in Red Notice, which launched exclusively on Netflix in November 2021. Johnson has also teamed up with Amazon Prime Video and former MCU star Chris Evans for Red One, a Holiday movie that's due to land on the streamer later this year.

Given the sheer number of major gaming franchises, it's difficult – initially, at least – to work out which one Johnson is alluding to. But, and this is merely speculation on our part, there are a number of frontrunners.

Let's get the elephant in the room out of the way: Madden. Yes, Johnson – or The Rock as he's also known – mentioned it by name in his Men's Journal interview, and he clearly has a love for it, telling