(L to R) John Cena and Jason Momoa to star in action-comedy ‘Killer Vacation.’
What, exactly, would a vacation featuring John Cena and Jason Momoa look like? Chances are it would involve weight machines, tanning oil and no little amount of surfing (Momoa loves it and Cena… played a wave-riding penguin in ‘Surf’s Up 2: WaveMania’?)
But for a new action-comedy called ‘Killer Vacation’, there might be more chance of bullets flying and cars blowing up (or maybe dolphins with rocket launchers if it’s a tropical trip).
The actual plot details, though, are a mystery (we’re willing to entertain cash offers if they want to add dolphins with rocket launchers), but what is known, per Variety’s story is that Warner Bros. is backing the movie and has recruited Cena and Momoa to star.
And they’ve reportedly been looking to work on something together after apparently having fun in the new ‘Fast & Furious’ movie, which has been busy shooting. Cena will return as Jakob Toretto, the brother of Vin Diesel’s Dom.
Momoa, meanwhile, is playing a villain that he’s described as “a peacock at the highest level and I’m having the time of my life.”
As for ‘Killer Vacation’, the script comes from Brian and Mark Gunn, who wrote ‘Brightburn’, and the story’s tone is being described as a fun, splashy adventure in the vein of ‘True Lies’.
The surname of the writers should ring some bells––Brian is James Gunn’s brother, and Mark is his cousin. There’s another connection, too, as one of the producers of ‘Killer Vacation’ is Peter Safran, who has just taken over DC Studios in partnership with Gunn (though this film was put together a while before that deal was locked down).
Both actors also have links to Gunn, either through Safran, or directly.
(L to R) David Dastmalchian, John Cena, Idris Elba and Daniela Melchior in ‘The Suicide Squad.’
Cena was one of the stars of ‘The Suicide Squad’, which Gunn wrote and directed (and Safran produced), and then Gunn created successful TV spin-off ‘Peacemaker’ for him.
Momoa is, at least for now, a key component in the DC universe––he plays Aquaman and has sequel movie (produced, like the original, by Safran) ‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom’ on the way on Christmas Day. You’ll have to wait, though: it’s Christmas Day 2023, so more than a year to wait.
No director is attached to ‘Killer Vacation’ yet, and all the talk of this team-up makes us wonder what is happening with the buddy cop action-comedy that Momoa and Dave Bautista were planning.
Born from a tweet by Bautista (see below), the project has a script from Jonathan Tropper and has since been picked up by MGM, but with that company’s absorption into Amazon, there has been little forward movement since then.