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Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson And Kevin Hart To Star In Central Intelligence

Two of the biggest names in Hollywood are teaming up which New Line is hoping translates into box […]

By Dennis Upkins

November 11, 2014, 3:29pm

Two of the biggest names in Hollywood are teaming up which New Line is hoping translates into box office gold.

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Kevin Hart will star in the buddy action comedy Central Intelligence, Variety reports.

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With a class reunion drawing near, Hart, a former high school sports star turned accountant, is contacted by a classmate played by Johnson. The bullied and humiliated kid is now a CIA contract killer who ropes him into helping stop a plot to sell classified military intel.

Both Hart and Johnson took to social media to express their excitement about the project.

Hardest workin’ man in the room, talkin’ to… the other hardest workin’ man in the room… https://t.co/Fdfq8ZE5YM
— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) November 8, 2014

I see you big fella….The world is not ready for what we are about to hit them with @TheRock ……Let’s … https://t.co/qp4uOq7To1
— Kevin Hart (@KevinHart4real) November 8, 2014

Both Hart have full slates ahead of them. Hart recently finished filming the sequel to Ride Along. His next film set to be released is The Wedding Ringer which is set to hit theaters on Jan. 16 followed by Get Hard with Will Ferrell which opens Mar. 27. Johnson’s next film, Furious 7, is set to drop on April 3.