Dwayne Johnson has faced many foes throughout his career, but the most unwieldy will arrive this summer with San Andreas. Re-teaming with his Journey 2 director Brad Peyton, they’ve graduated from family adventures to summer tentpoles with the WB project that pits The Rock against a California-set earthquake. Also starring Carla Gugino, Alexandra Daddario, Ioan Gruffudd, Archie Panjabi, Hugo Johnstone-Burt, Art Parkinson, and Paul Giamatti, the trailer sells major spectacle and can be seen below, after the synopsis.
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.
San Andreas opens on May 29th.