John Cena in 'Matchbox the Movie.' Courtesy of Apple TV Logo text John Cena is revving up the action with the trailer for Matchbox the Movie.
Apple TV debuted the first footage from filmmaker Sam Hargrave‘s feature during the streamer’s panel at San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday. Jessica Biel, Arturo Castro, Sam Richardson, Teyonah Parris, Danai Gurira, Golshifteh Farahani, Corey Stoll and Bill Camp also star in the movie that begins streaming on Oct. 9.
Inspired by Mattel‘s line of toy cars, Matchbox the Movie centers on a group of longtime friends who discover that their leader, Sean (Cena), is an undercover CIA agent. Soon, Sean’s complicated life has thrust them into a globe-trotting adventure to save the world.
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“It’s been a long since we played Matchbox cars together,” Biel says wistfully in the trailer.
Later, Cena realizes that he and his pals appear to be in hot water. “A nuclear warhead went missing,” he says. “The CIA thinks it was me — or us.”
Eventually, Biel comes up with a solution that is not exactly simple: “We need to re-steal the bomb so we can get our lives back.”
Hargrave (Extraction and its sequels) helmed the film from a script by David Coggeshall. Producers include David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Don Granger for Skydance, alongside Robbie Brenner and Ynon Kreiz for Mattel Studios. Jules Daly also produces, while Patrick Newall and Elizabeth Bassin serve as executive producers.
Cena can soon be seen in Coyote vs. Acme, which hits theaters next month, and will star opposite Jennifer Garner in Netflix’s forthcoming comedy One Attempt Remaining.
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