Exclusive: Details on WWE's Next Movie Starring John Cena
- Former WWE Champion John Cena will be starring as Detective Danny Baxter in WWE Films' next project, 12 Rounds, a cop-action film that begins shooting in New Orleans on 2/25. As of now, the movie is set to release on September 5, 2008 and will go up against Clive Barker's Hellraiser.
12 Rounds will be directed by Renny Harlin, the director of movies such as Die Hard 2, Cliffhanger, Cutthroat Island, Long Kiss Goodnight and The Covenant, among others. Fox Atomic, a sub-division of Twentieth Century Fox will distribute the film to theaters nationwide. 12 Rounds will be produced by WWE Films with Vince McMahon as a producer along with The Mark Gordon Company, Josh McLaughlin and Becki Cross Trujillo.
The plot focuses on Detective Danny Baxter and an evil crime lord in New Orleans who kidnaps Baxter's girlfriend and forces him to go "12 Rounds" through the city.
In related news, WWE Films' other project, Jornada del Muerto (Journey of Death), is now listed as having a 2009 release. Triple H is still listed as starring in the film as Jonah Hawk. The plot is based on a modern day Western where gangs, drugs trafficking and broken codes of honor rule. Not much else has been released about the Journey of Death film, but it appears 12 Rounds starring John Cena is definitely a go.
Source: WN
