Dwayne Johnson Transforms Into 70-Year-Old Man in 'Lizard Music' Photo
Variety • • entertainment
Key Points:
- Dwayne Johnson is filming "Lizard Music" in Brooklyn, undergoing a significant prosthetic transformation to portray a 70-year-old character known as the Chicken Man.
- The film, directed by Benny Safdie and based on Daniel Pinkwater’s children’s book, centers on a young boy who discovers strange lizard musicians and befriends a peculiar man with an elderly chicken.
- Johnson collaborated with artist Kazu Hiro for the prosthetic makeup, who previously worked on Tom Cruise's transformation in "Digger."
- The cast also includes Rachel McAdams, Colman Domingo, David Krumholtz, Jeff Goldblum, Alicia Silverstone, and Regina Hall, with the film set to release on Christmas Day 2027 via Amazon MGM Studios.
- Johnson revealed at the 2025 Toronto Film Festival that he lost 30 pounds of muscle for the role and was quickly convinced to join the project after a brief pitch from Safdie.
