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Amazon's Lizard Music: Dwayne Johnson Stars in Quirky Adaptation

10/16/2025

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Amazon MGM Studios has acquired film rights to Lizard Music, with Dwayne Johnson as the Chicken Man and Benny Safdie directing.
The film adapts Daniel Pinkwater's novel and follows a boy who discovers a secret broadcast of music-playing lizards.
The boy travels with the Chicken Man and his 111-year-old chicken companion, Claudia.
The project follows Johnson and Safdie after The Smashing Machine, which earned critical acclaim despite weak box office.

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Story summary

Amazon MGM Studios has acquired film rights to Lizard Music, with Dwayne Johnson as the Chicken Man and Benny Safdie directing.
The film adapts Daniel Pinkwater's novel and follows a boy who discovers a secret broadcast of music-playing lizards.
The boy travels with the Chicken Man and his 111-year-old chicken companion, Claudia.
The project follows Johnson and Safdie after The Smashing Machine, which earned critical acclaim despite weak box office.