The Rock explains the Game Plan

When I met Dwayne Johnson, also known as The Rock, there was not a doubt that this guy had played football in college. Johnson even played along side Doug Flutie while with the Calgary Stampeders in the Canadian Football League. When you meet someone that perfect a physical specimen it¹s like shaking hands with the entire cast of the movie 300.
Johnson was in Houston last month along with director Andy Fickman promoting Game Plan. Fickman grew up in Houston (Lee high school) and took Johnson to eat the night before at Lulling City Market. The junket was attended mostly by radio press from the multiple Sports Talk AM stations in Houston, a nice change from the usual suspects of Houston film critics.
The Game Plan is a kids flick pure and simple, it¹s a Disney film. But Johnson happily answered questions about the many films he¹s been involved with. Upcoming projects include the more adult Southland Tales and the movie version of Get Smart. Next year Fickman will direct a remake of Disney¹s Escape From Witch Mountain also starring Johnson. This is a reimagining of the original, certainly not a sequel, explained Fickman.
As Fickman was talking Johnson was joking around and walked over and sat in Fickman¹s lap. Get a chair, Fickman joked, I don¹t want him to rub his junk against my back.
The discussion veered to some earlier projects Johnson was associated with, one a film that hasn¹t come to fruition where he would play King Kamehameha of Hawaii.
That film will eventually be made, Johnson said. It was announced in a way that it was going to happen immediately when the truth was they forgot to add the part where I was saying that we¹re looking at a few years from now. That¹s still high on my list, Johnson added.
Another action film Johnson starred in, The Rundown (by The Kingdom director Peter Berg) originally had one of the greatest titles ever in movie history ­ Helldorado.
The studio executives were concerned in marketing to Middle America, said Johnson. Moms winced at the name but I totally agree it¹s a great title.
Fickman used this moment to add; Originally our film was called Bitch Slap, which broke up the entire room. Fickman seriously added that Witch Mountain would be thrilling with a strong dose of comedy.
- Michael Bergeron