'San Andreas' Trailer: The Rock Watches As Hollywood Destroys Los Angeles
They say you always hurt the one you love, and movie studios love to destroy the town in which they reside. San Andreas is the latest film in which a studio throws huge money at an opportunity to demolish Los Angeles. Did that one restaurant's valet scratch your Bentley? Reduce it to (virtual) rubble! Did that Starbucks mess up your latte again? Drop it into a chasm! Here, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is a search and rescue pilot who has to put in overtime when the Big One finally rocks California to its foundations. The film looks like disaster porn in the grand old mode; check out the San Andreas trailer below.
San Andreas opens in theatres in both 3D and 2D format on Friday, May 29, 2015. Trailer via Warner Bros.After the infamous San Andreas Fault finally gives, triggering a magnitude 9 earthquake in California, a search and rescue helicopter pilot (Dwayne Johnson) and his estranged wife make their way together from Los Angeles to San Francisco to save their only daughter. But their treacherous journey north is only the beginning. And when they think the worst may be over...it's just getting started.The action thriller "San Andreas," from New Line Cinema and Village Roadshow Pictures, reunites Dwayne Johnson with director Brad Peyton and producer Beau Flynn, following their collaboration on the global hit "Journey 2: The Mysterious Island." The film also stars Carla Gugino ("Night at the Museum," TV's "Entourage"), Alexandra Daddario ("Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters," TV's "True Detective"), Ioan Gruffudd ("Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer"), Archie Panjabi (TV's "The Good Wife"), Hugo Johnstone-Burt (Australian TV's "Home and Away"), Art Parkinson (TV's "Game of Thrones") and Oscar nominee Paul Giamatti ("Cinderella Man")."San Andreas" is produced by Beau Flynn ("Hercules," "Journey 2: The Mysterious Island"). Tripp Vinson ("Red Dawn") also serves as producer. Richard Brener, Samuel J. Brown, Michael Disco, Rob Cowan, and Bruce Berman are the executive producers, and Hiram Garcia is co-producer. The screenplay is by Carlton Cuse, story by Andre Fabrizio & Jeremy Passmore.The creative filmmaking team includes director of photography Steve Yedlin ("Looper"), production designer Barry Chusid ("The Day After Tomorrow"), editor Bob Ducsay (upcoming "Godzilla"), VFX producer Randall Starr (upcoming "Into the Storm"), VFX supervisor Colin Strause ("The Avengers"), and costume designer Wendy Chuck ("Twilight").