New Line Cinema heeft het groene licht gegeven voor een komedie met onze bikkel 'The Rock' getiteld 'Instant Karma'. De productie zal gedaan worden door visual f/x studio Digital Domain en het script wordt geschreven door Terry Rossio en Ted Elliott doe ook 'Shrek' en 'Pirates of the Caribbean' voor hun rekening namen.

[eng]The film will blend live action and CGI to tell the story of a safecracker, played by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, who dies and is reincarnated as a series of different animals, moving his way up the food chain.

Pierce Brosnan, Mira Sorvino, David Alan Grier and Eartha Kitt also star in the live-action elements, while Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Gene Wilder and the comedy troupe Broken Lizard provide voices of the animals.

Paul Hernandez will make his feature writing and directing debut on the film, which is budgeted at $70 million. Production is expected to begin in April in New Orleans.[/eng]