A bidding war has erupted for a curious project. Titled “Take My Wife” (oy!), the script, by Greg Coolidge and Kirk Ward, has Dwayne Johnson and Tyler Perry attached to play two corners of a love triangle. See, Perry’s ex-wife is demanding alimony, but he won’t have to pay it unless she finds a new husband. But it’s not enough for Johnson to just enter the picture. Perry has to, ahem, groom him. This premise doesn’t play out in our head without these two locking lips.
Lionsgate wants to make the film, which Perry would star in but not direct, but it’s still an independent pitch gathering interest from outside parties, though the studio already has a lengthy working relationship with the multi-hyphenate. Perry has figured in most of his movies as an actor so far, but he’s usually in drag and/or under heavy makeup, so it’s interesting that he would be in demand playing your average straight male. He’s a bit burly in real life, too, so it wouldn’t be a surprise to see a physical element with ex-wrestler Johnson, considering both characters eventually vie for the leading lady/beard.
Johnson will next be seen in “Faster” followed by franchise pictures “Fast Five” and “Journey 2: The Mysterious Island.” And Perry’s got “For Colored Girls” coming this November, followed by another turn as Madea in “Madea’s Big Happy Family” along other more clandestine ways to conquer the world through an endless stream of shitty sitcoms.