{"id":124561,"date":"2024-05-25T08:00:29","date_gmt":"2024-05-25T12:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=124561"},"modified":"2024-05-25T04:38:18","modified_gmt":"2024-05-25T08:38:18","slug":"summer-movies-starring-wrestlers-a-round-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/05\/25\/summer-movies-starring-wrestlers-a-round-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Movies Starring Wrestlers: A Round-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Multiple wrestlers will be adding some muscle to the biggest blockbusters of the summer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><strong>Dave Bautista,<\/strong> <strong>Drew McIntyre<\/strong>, <strong>MJF<\/strong>, and <strong>John Cena<\/strong> all have roles in big-screen movies this summer. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/04\/16\/the-rock-begins-the-smashing-machine-mma-movie\/\" target=\"_self\">The Rock won&#8217;t seen at the Box Office<\/a> until November following his stint in WWE from January to April this year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">But <strong>Nathan Jones<\/strong> appears in the biggest movie of the summer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Grab some popcorn, and<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">an ice-cold soda, and strap in for our summer blockbuster movies starring wrestlers round-up.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hulk Hogan Gremlins 2 1080p\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SCk5XnxI46U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Movies Starring Wrestlers This Summer<\/h3>\n<h3><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Movie:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Who &amp; What:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0Shortlived WWE superstar <strong>Nathan Jones<\/strong> plays Rictus Erectus in Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth get the top billing in the epic theatrical release.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Tell Me More:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Jones, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZuEhfHfK8Vw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rictus Erectus<\/a>, <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">plays a significant role in the post-apocalyptic coming-of-age origin story of Taylor-Joy&#8217;s Furiosa. Furiosa is forced to shave her hair bald and pretend to be a boy to avoid the advances of the dim-witted son of a warlord Erectus. Elsewhere expect lots of facepaint, bikes <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">and<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0fighting in the desert wasteland.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Release Date:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">May 24, 2024\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FURIOSA : A MAD MAX SAGA | OFFICIAL TRAILER #2\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FVswuip0-co?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Movie:<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0My Spy: Eternal City<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Who &amp; What:<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<strong>Dave Bautista<\/strong> leads an A-List cast of Ken Jeung, Anna Faris, and Kristen Schaal in a family spy flick.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Tell Me More:<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0Dave Bautista will be reprising his role of JJ from My Spy in the sequel My Spy: Eternal City. Socially awkward and\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">bad<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0at spying, JJ got blackmailed into protecting nine-year-old Sophie in the first movie.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In Eternal City, Bautista&#8217;s JJ is once again forced to help out Sophie. This time, he joins her on a school trip to Italy where they get caught up in a terror plot.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Release Date:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">My Spy: Eternal City streams on Amazon Prime Video from July 18, 2024.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dave Bautista on My Spy 2 and Drew Pearce&#039;s The Cooler\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oUOKLeSQcAA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Movie:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Killer&#8217;s Game<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Who &amp; What: <\/span><\/strong>Bautista<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0leads another name-heavy cast but this time will also lock horns with\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/04\/09\/wwe-wrestlemania-40-losses-paves-way-for-summer-of-mcintyre-gunther\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Drew McIntyre<\/span><\/strong><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> in the Scottish star&#8217;s blockbuster debut. Sofia Boutella, Terry Crews, Ben Kingsley, and Scott Adkins add more name value.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Tell Me More:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Bautista is former assassin Joe Flood who learns he has a terminal illness so places a hit on himself. But when he learns the diagnosis was wrong he must protect himself against a never-ending collection of assassins.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Release Date:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Killer&#8217;s Games hits cinemas worldwide on September 13, 2024<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Movie:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Die Hart 2: Die Harter\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Who &amp; What:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><strong>John Cena<\/strong> dons a wig and pours hot tea on his testicles in Kevin Hart&#8217;s spoof action-hero movie Die Hart 2: Die Harter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Tell Me More:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Kevin Hart plays himself attempting to become the greatest action movie star on the planet. Then some proper baddies show up and it becomes a little too real. Hart enlists a crossbow-wielding Cena to help.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Release Date:<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0Streams on Amazon Prime from May 30, 2024\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Die Hart 2: Die Harter - Official Trailer | Prime Video\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zCjBWYbP_wQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Movie:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In The Lost Lands<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Who &amp; What:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Bautista&#8217;s final summer movie sees him star opposite Milla Jovovich in a fantasy epic written by Game of Thrones wordsmith George RR Martin.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Tell Me More:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">A sorceress ventures to a mystical land to find a magical power that allows people to turn into werewolves. Looks like<strong> &#8220;The Animal&#8221;<\/strong> could be released!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Release Date:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">September 26, 2024<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Movie:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Floaters<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Who &amp; What:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Former AEW World Heavyweight Champion <strong>MJF<\/strong> plays a role in the Jewish summer camp comedy The Floaters which stars GLOW&#8217;s Jackie Tohn, Sarah Podemski, Seth Green <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">and<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0Steve Guttenberg.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Tell Me More:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">MJF won&#8217;t lead the movie but should appear for longer than his blink and you miss\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">it<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0turn in <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2023\/12\/13\/wrestling-legends-wwe-aew-turn-the-iron-claw\/\" target=\"_self\">The Iron Claw<\/a>. A struggling musician agrees to take a job at a summer camp with her overachieving bestie. They end up going head-to-head with a rival summer camp in a battle to survive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Release Date:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Unknown but it makes sense to come out during the summer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AEW World Champion MJF\u2019s Record-Breaking Title Reign | AEW Timelines\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qId3gkvFcBo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>What movies starring wrestlers have you watched and are looking forward to the most?<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/h3>\n<p><em>Header photo &#8211; AEW &#8211; Stay tuned to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Multiple wrestlers will be adding some muscle to the biggest blockbusters of the summer.\u00a0 Dave Bautista, Drew McIntyre, MJF, and John Cena all have roles in big-screen movies this summer. The Rock won&#8217;t seen at the Box Office until November following his stint in WWE from January to April this year.\u00a0 But Nathan Jones appears [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3852,"featured_media":124567,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4677,2192,4],"tags":[1433,686,165,2546,8890,5379],"class_list":["post-124561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aew","category-wrestling","category-wwe","tag-dave-bautista","tag-drew-mcintyre","tag-john-cena","tag-mjf","tag-nathan-jones","tag-pro-wrestling-cinema"],"modified_by":"Michael Joseph Sugue, Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3852"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124561\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}