In the ring, the Rock is content to dispatch his opponents with his bare hands. In ''The Scorpion King,'' he used a variety of arcane ancient weapons. In his next movie, he may use a 2-by-4. He's in talks to play Buford Pusser, the real-life Tennessee sheriff immortalized in the 1973 film ''Walking Tall.'' According to the Hollywood Reporter, MGM is hustling to get a remake into production by May, with the Rock on board.
The original ''Walking Tall,'' which starred Joe Don Baker as the corruption-fighting sheriff, spawned two sequels and a TV series (which all starred Bo Svenson as Pusser). A May date for a remake would be key, since the wrestler/actor is already attached to Universal's ''Spy Hunter,'' Warner Bros.' ''Johnny Bravo,'' Paramount's ''Walk Like a Dragon'' and Sony's ''Skip Tracer'' and ''King Kamehameha.''
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