John Cena and Jackie Chan are teaming up! The pair is set to star in an action thriller from Need for Speed director Scott Waugh, with Cena replacing Sylvester Stallone, who was previously attached to star alongside Chan.
The movie focuses on a Chinese private security contractor (Chan) who is called in to extract the oil workers when a China-run oil refinery in the Middle East is attacked. When he learns that the attackers’ real plan is to steal a fortune in oil, he teams up with an American — a former Marine played by John Cena — to stop them.
Chan is also on board as a producer on the project. John Cena was last seen in the hit comedy Blockers while Jackie Chan was last seen in The Foreigner. Cena can be seen next in Bumblebee this December while Chan is still attached to a fourth Rush Hour film and a sequel to Shanghai Noon.
Jackie’s last few ‘serious’ films have been really good to me.