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John Cena to star in ‘Matchbox’ film from Apple Original Films

Apple Original Films has landed “Matchbox,” a new, live-action feature film from Skydance and Mattel Films that will be directed by Sam Hargrave and star John Cena, reports Deadline.

The movie, inspired by Mattel’s iconic real-world die-cast toy vehicle line, will be based on a screenplay by David Coggeshall and Jonathan Tropper.

Wrestler-turned-actor Cena was most recently seen in MGM Studios action comedy “Jackpot,” as well as the Peter Farrelly comedy “Ricky Stanicky.” Hargave launched, among other things, the “Extraction” franchise starring Chris Hemsworth.

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Dennis Sellers is the editor/publisher of Apple World Today. He’s been an “Apple journalist” since 1995 (starting with the first big Apple news site, MacCentral). He loves to read, run, play sports, and watch movies.