Overview
- Amazon MGM announced on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, that Lizard Music will open theatrically on December 25, 2027.
- Benny Safdie is directing from a screenplay he adapted from Daniel Pinkwater’s novel with Ronald Bronstein credited as a co-writer.
- Dwayne Johnson will play the eccentric septuagenarian known as the Chicken Man and has been photographed on set in heavy age makeup and prosthetics.
- The ensemble cast includes Theo Clark Leber, Alicia Silverstone, Regina Hall, Colman Domingo, Jeff Goldblum, Rachel McAdams, Andrew Dice Clay and David Krumholtz.
- Producers from United Artists, Seven Bucks and Magnetic Fields are attached and the film’s holiday release sets it against other major Christmas Day titles, which could affect its family-audience reach and awards visibility.