Dwayne Johnson may be Goliath

[Lencho01]

I couldn't find any threads about this, but it's kinda old. Taylor Lautner was approached for the role of David, but he turned it down...

http://collider.com/dwayne-johnson-goliath/112296/

Dwayne Johnson in Talks for GOLIATH, Taylor Lautner Offered the Role of David?

by Adam Chitwood Posted:August 30th, 2011 at 6:14 pm

If you’re casting the Biblical story of David and Goliath, you better be casting big for the latter role. Director Scott Derrickson (The Exorcism of Emily Rose) is looking to do just that, as Twitch reports that DwayneJohnson is now in talks to play Goliath in, well, Goliath. Derrickson is directing the flick for Relativity Media, which will center on the future King of Israel, David, who is on the run as the warrior Goliath has been sent to kill him.

In addition to Johnson’s casting, Twitch says they’ve heard that none other than TaylorLautner has been offered the part of David because of course he has. Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey are producing Goliath, but the two were also producers on the Twilight films, thus explaining Lautner’s involvement. However, Shark Boy’s participation is as of yet unconfirmed, and even if he has been offered the part there’s no guarantee that he’ll take it. Nevertheless, Derrickson seems to have found his Goliath and I can’t say I disapprove.

http://collider.com/wyck-godfrey-goliath-revenge-safe-haven-interview/124730/

Question: Now that filming has ended on the Twilight series, do you know what you’re going to be focusing on next?

WYCK GODFREY: Right now, we have a TV show on ABC called Revenge, which we’re having a blast working on. That’s taking up a ton of time, but we’re having a blast doing it. I’ve never done a television series, so my partner Marty [Bowen] and I are spending a lot of time on that. And, we have two movies next year. We have another Nicholas Sparks movie. We did Dear John, and we’re doing Safe Haven with Lasse Hallström again. And then, we’re doing a big Biblical epic film called Goliath, which is a big action retelling of David and Goliath, that Dwayne Johnson is hopefully going to be playing Goliath in. That will be a blast!

Wasn’t Taylor Lautner going to play David in that?

GODFREY: Taylor was going to star in it. I was this close, but ultimately I think he felt like, “Maybe I wanna do something else.” I don’t know exactly why he’s not doing it. But, my imagining is that he thought, “I’m going to stay contemporary, instead of going back to Biblical times.”

Since it’s a story that people are familiar with, what are you going to be doing with the David and Goliath story?

GODFREY: It’s interesting. You say that, but people don’t really think about who Goliath was, at all, where he came from, and why he was driven to do what he did and fight for the Philistines. The other side of it is that everyone thinks of King David, but nobody knows David when he was a lover of wine, women and song. As an 18-year-old, he was a little bit discontented, as many 18-year-olds, about the way the world is. He’s stuck being a shepherd for someone else’s sheep, and doesn’t know of the prophecy yet. There’s all of that stuff that humanizes them. We did a film called Nativity that we really love because we just tried to treat Mary and Joseph as real people. It was about, “What would a 15-year-old girl and an 18-year-old guy be going through, if this happened?” It’s the same thing with David & Goliath. The writers have written it as a relentless pursuit of Goliath. It’s almost like Terminator going after Sarah Connor. Literally, this guy will not stop until he kills him because they want to show that their God is greater than the Jewish God. I can’t remember, in movie history, anybody really doing the David and Goliath story justice.


What is it about Dwayne Johnson that makes him your Goliath?

GODFREY: For me, honestly, his physicality is unmatched. Our Goliath is going to be 7 ½ feet tall, so it’s nice to find an actor who’s almost there. He’s like 6 foot 5 and ripped. If you saw Fast Five, when you put him beside Vin Diesel, Vin looks like a midget. It’s incredible, how physically strong he is. What Dwayne is excited about is playing a dark character. He’s never really done the villain. Scott Derrickson, who’s directing it, has a whole design that he’s going to do with the scars and tattoos for someone who has battled his whole life, that will hopefully make it seem really terrifying. The hard part is making sure that he can be menacing

 

[Poetic Chaos]

This isn't Gargoyles news at all.

 

[Metamorpho1977]

I'm joining Team David for this one.

 

[Ultra Lantern]

Team David for me,too.