Dwayne Johnson Shares 2 Photos From RAMPAGE Set of Himself and the Giant Gorilla George

We're learning more about the giant monster movie Rampage thanks to Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson who took to Instagram today sharing a couple behind-the-scenes photos with new plot details for the upcoming film.  

The photo is of Johnson and 6'9" actor Jason Liles who will be doing motion capture for the gorilla monster, appropriately named "George", who you can see an image of on a cake in one of the photos. It seems that Liles has his work cut out for him as The Rock says the actor has been "studying gorillas for months to prepare for the role". 

Johnson says WETA Digital will be overseeing all the motion capture. You may remember the digital effects company, as it is best known for its incredible work on Avatar, the new take of the Planet of the Apes, and, of course, the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies. So it goes without saying that Rampage is going to have some mind-blowing visuals.

For additional plot details on the film, Johnson previously gave a rundown of the story that you can read here.

Rampage is based on a popular arcade video game and is due out in theaters on April 20, 2018

Day 1. Kicking off production. #RAMPAGE. In our story we have three animals (gorilla, crocodile and a wolf) who fall victim to evil genetic editing, rapidly changing every strand of their DNA so they grow, evolve and mutate. Everything becomes amplified.. their size, strength, speed, agility.. and violent aggression. One of the animals infected - a rare Albino gorilla named, George, is my best friend. George, is played by 6'9 @tallie7487, (Jason Liles, pictured here). Jason has been studying gorillas for months now preparing for this motion capture role. Gorilla movements, body language, and all emotions - joy, pain, sadness, love, aggression etc. It's insane when you get around this man and how he's able to brilliantly embody a gorilla. This is the most fascinating advanced VFX/motion cap process I've ever worked with in my career. Incredible learning curve for me. We have the best mo-cap team in the world (WETA Digital) working on our gigantic RAMPAGE MONSTERS and you'll get a taste of this new technology in the upcoming WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES as well as James Cameron's AVATARS. With all the cool advanced technology in our movie, the #1 thing you're gonna experience when you watch it, is FUN. Because when my best friend, George no happy, then me no happy. And when me no happy.. bad people become our lunch. #Day1 #KickingOffProduction #RAMPAGE🦍

A post shared by therock (@therock) on May 2, 2017 at 2:12pm PDT

Huge THANK YOU to our entire #RAMPAGE🦍 crew for presenting this awesome birthday cake to me on set. In the movie, my best friend is a gigantic Albino gorilla, named George. For the record, George holds me with more affection than he is on this cake. I'm a grateful man to have such an amazing and hard working crew puttin' in work.. and makin' birthday dope cakes. #OnSet #RAMPAGE🦍 #BigWhiteGeorge #LittleBrownDJ #CrewLuv 🤙🏾

A post shared by therock (@therock) on May 3, 2017 at 6:00pm PDT