EXCLUSIVE: Regina Hall has joined Dwayne Johnson in Amazon MGM Studios and United Artists’ live-action/CGI hybrid film Lizard Music, from director Benny Safdie. Theo Leber, Alicia Silverstone and Tim Heidecker are also part of the ensemble. Besides starring, Johnson is also producing.
The film will follow a boy (Leber) left to his own devices who stumbles upon a secret late-night broadcast of lizards playing otherworldly music when a hidden door to the extraordinary swings open. His search for answers leads him to an eccentric and whimsical old man nicknamed The Chicken Man (Johnson) and his beloved companion, a 111-year-old chicken named Claudia – two kindred spirits who found each other at just the right time.
United by this shared vision, they set off on an adventure that begins as a hunt for a hidden society but blossoms into something far greater: a voyage through invisible worlds, unexpected harmonies and the unbreakable bond between lost souls who discover magic not only in what they find but also in each other.
Hall will play The Chicken Man’s friend and co-worker. Safdie wrote the script, which is based on the Daniel Pinkwater novel of the same name.
Producers include UA’s Scott Stuber and Nick Nesbitt, Out for the Count Productions’ Safdie, Seven Bucks Productions’ Johnson and Magnetic Fields Entertainment’s David Koplan.
Hall recently starred in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Oscar-winning One Battle After Another alongside Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn and Benicio Del Toro. The role earned her some of her best reviews.
She can currently be seen in Peacock’s The Five-Star Weekend opposite Jennifer Garner, Chloë Sevigny, Gemma Chan and Timothy Olyphant, which premiered July 9 and has become Peacock’s top scripted title of all time, surpassing 1 billion viewing minutes in its first week. Additionally, the show ranked among the top five original streaming series for the week of July 6–12, per Nielson.
Most recently, Hall reprised her role as Brenda Meeks in Scary Movie 6. Next, she will star in Nick Stoller’s Judgment Day opposite Will Ferrell for Prime Video, and Netflix’s limited series Rabbit, Rabbit opposite Adam Driver from creator-showrunner Peter Craig and director Philip Barantini.
Hall is represented by Independent Artist Group.
