UNIVERSAL Pictures is teaming up with Dwayne Johnson and Dany Garcia’s Seven Bucks Productions to relaunch “The Scorpion King,” Variety has confirmed.

“‘The Scorpion King’ was my very first role ever on the silver screen and I’m honored and excited to reimagine and deliver this cool mythology to a whole new generation,” Johnson said in a statement.

Johnson starred in the 2002 hit action film as the titular warrior, after first appearing in 2001’s “The Mummy Returns.” The movie opened at the top of the box office, going on to earn US$178 million worldwide and kicking off a lucrative film career for Johnson, then best-known as a WWE superstar.

(SD-Agencies)