{"id":11482,"date":"2026-07-07T20:58:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T17:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/?p=11482"},"modified":"2026-07-08T10:44:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T07:14:34","slug":"dwayne-johnson-to-star-as-dementia-stricken-motorcycle-stuntman-in-greg-kwedars-free-byrd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/2026\/07\/07\/dwayne-johnson-to-star-as-dementia-stricken-motorcycle-stuntman-in-greg-kwedars-free-byrd\/","title":{"rendered":"Dwayne Johnson To Star As Dementia-Stricken Motorcycle Stuntman In Greg Kwedar\u2019s Free Byrd"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/dwayne-johnson-to-star-as-dementia-stricken-motorcycle-stuntman-in-greg-kwedars-free-byrd.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<hr class=\"preferredSourceCTA_divider__FIEES\" \/><span class=\"content_content__i0P3p\" data-test=\"content\"><\/p>\n<p>Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it&#8217;s actually a Byrd on a motorcycle \u2014 and that Byrd is the artist formerly known as The Rock, Mr. Dwayne Johnson. Having flexed his dramatic muscles (and his muscly muscles) in <em>The Smashing Machine<\/em> just last year, it looks like Johnson is about to dig deep again with a new action-drama. Per <em>Variety<\/em>&#8216;s reporting, the <em>Moana<\/em> star is set to play a dementia-stricken motorcycle stuntman in <em>Free Byrd<\/em>, the latest film from <em>Sing Sing<\/em> director Greg Kwedar.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"content_content__i0P3p\" data-test=\"content\"><\/p>\n<p>Hailing from Matt Damon and Ben Affleck&#8217;s Artists Equity production company, and to be rewritten by Kwedar from an earlier draft by <em>The Peanut Butter Falcon<\/em> duo Michael Schwartz and Tyler Nilson, <em>Free Byrd<\/em> will see Johnson portray a Las Vegas motorcyclist who hides a devastating dementia diagnosis from everyone around him \u2014 including his mechanic brother \u2014 in order to pursue one final jump. Per a logline shared with <em>Variety<\/em>, the movie &#8220;examines and confronts the mind\u2019s vast mysteries and the beauty and power of asking for help before it\u2019s too late.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"content_content__i0P3p\" data-test=\"content\"><\/p>\n<p>Speaking about the project while out on the promotional tour for his next movie, Disney&#8217;s live-action Moana remake, Johnson said of <em>Free Byrd<\/em>: &#8220;<em>Free Byrd<\/em> is a gift in many ways. Emblematic of life\u2019s sacred beauty, as well as life\u2019s harsh and callous reality. The subject matter of <em>Free Byrd<\/em> has become deeply personal to Greg Kwedar and myself as we\u2019ve started to unpack this fateful journey together. Artists Equity have been incredible filmmaking and artistic partners, who not only share Greg\u2019s vision for the film, but who are all connected to our story in their own unique and personal ways. When the mind of a loved one begins to slip away, life sure takes on a whole new meaning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"content_content__i0P3p\" data-test=\"content\"><\/p>\n<p><em>Free Byrd<\/em> is only the latest addition to a diverse slate of upcoming Dwayne Johnson joints, including the above-mentioned <em>Moana<\/em> as well as Benny Safdie reteam <em>Lizard Music<\/em> and the forthcoming final movie in the modern <em>Jumanji<\/em> trilogy, <em>Open World<\/em>. After the brilliance of Kwedar&#8217;s <em>Sing Sing<\/em> and the dramatic depth of Johnson&#8217;s work in <em>The Smashing Machine<\/em>, colour us very intrigued to see <em>Free Byrd<\/em> take flight.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it&#8217;s actually a Byrd on a motorcycle \u2014 and that Byrd is the artist formerly known as The Rock, Mr. Dwayne Johnson. Having flexed his dramatic muscles (and his muscly muscles) in The Smashing Machine just last year, it looks like Johnson is about to dig [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11483,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-47"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11482"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11484,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11482\/revisions\/11484"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}