Benny Safdie, who teams up again with Dwayne Johnson, has recently revealed interesting details about their upcoming project, Lizard Music.
The Smashing Machine director spoke to Deadline at the movie premiere and opened up that he wanted to make a movie for his two children following his new flick based on the life of UFC legend Mark Kerr.
“It was interesting because after this movie—if it works for you—you leave the theatre feeling something very filled up,” said the writer and director.
Benny told the outlet, “You look out at life like, ‘That’s wild! All this stuff can happen to you and you can still be on the other side.’”
The movie-maker reflected that there was something “about seeing that on people”.
“I’ve got two kids, and I said, ‘You know what? I wanna be able to show something, and I wanna be able to have a conversation with them, and I want them to feel those feelings,’ And so, that’s what we’re doing,” explained the 39-year-old director.
Based on Daniel Pinkwater’s novel, Benny revealed that Lizard Music is about “a kid who discovers an island of lizards that are sentient, and they play music, they have broadcast TV”.
“Dwayne was just talking about how he was slimming down for the movie,” added the director.
