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Benny Safdie’s ‘Lizard Music’ With Dwayne Johnson Adds Newcomer Arya Parvathi (EXCLUSIVE)
Benny Safdie’s forthcoming fantasy film “Lizard Music” has cast newcomer Arya Parvathi in her first feature role. Her character has not been revealed, but she joins an ensemble led by Dwayne Johnson, and the casting adds a new young performer to an adaptation of Daniel Pinkwater’s novel.
The story follows a boy who discovers a late-night broadcast featuring lizards playing strange music, leading him to the eccentric Chicken Man, played by Johnson, and his 111-year-old chicken companion. Alicia Silverstone, Regina Hall, Tim Heidecker and Theo Leber also star; Safdie wrote and directs, with production involving United Artists, Seven Bucks Productions and others.
In short
- Newcomer Arya Parvathi joins Benny Safdie’s “Lizard Music”.
- Her role in the fantasy film remains undisclosed.
- Dwayne Johnson plays the eccentric Chicken Man.
Explained simply
Lizard Music is based on a 1976 children’s novel by American writer Daniel Pinkwater. It follows a boy who stumbles on a television broadcast of lizards making music and sets out to learn more about it.
Benny Safdie, an American filmmaker, is writing and directing the film. Dwayne Johnson plays the Chicken Man, an eccentric figure the boy meets, while the cast also includes Alicia Silverstone, Regina Hall, Tim Heidecker and Theo Leber. The story’s mix of fantasy and unusual characters brings Pinkwater’s book to a new audience through a feature film.