According to IndieWire, Johnson and Blunt—who are fashioning themselves into some kind of strange (and, based on name alone, easily meme-able) dynamic duo after multiple collaborations—brought the project to Scorsese themselves.

The Rock could be getting ready to film one of the most important films of his career. According to Mike Fleming Jr. and Justin Kroll of Deadline, a current pitch is being floated around Hollywood for a movie directed by Martin Scorsese that will feature Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson,