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Rock’s solid
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Action star Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has got two upcoming projects -- and "Kamehameha" isn't one of them. He's in the upcoming movie based on the video game "Doom" and will be in the big-screen version of the cartoon "Johnny Bravo."

On the R-rated "Doom," Johnson plays a commanding officer who "turns bad." The Elvis-wannabe "Johnny Bravo" of Cartoon Network fame will be a live-action adaptation. Part of the story has Johnson's character searching for his father, and he said "and I think it's Wayne Newton."

The Rock may also be starring in New Line's action-comedy "Ride Along," playing a tough cop who tries to halt a growing romance between his sister and a fellow school teacher ...

Los Angeles sources say that producer/location manager Kokayi Ampah from Clint Eastwood's Malpaso Productions arrives this month for a two-week scout of the Big Island, Maui County and Oahu for Dreamworks' "Flags of Our Fathers" WWII war drama, directed by Eastwood and produced by Steven Spielberg. The production's first choice is Iwo Jima, where flashbacks in the film take place. The sources also said there would be about six weeks of pre-production and a month filming, starting in July ...

Casting News: Eric Balfour, who co-starred in NBC's "Hawaii," has been cast in Paramount Network TV's "Wildlife," a dramedy about a group of 20-somethings set in the hip community of Silverlake in L.A. Brooke Burns is set to co-star in the WB's "Pepper Dennis," starring Rebecca Romijn as an ambitious TV reporter ...

Updates: Tom Selleck says from L.A. that he's not involved in any capacity with the "Magnum, P.I." movie. The Imagine Entertainment project remains in development.

The completed script for "Hawaii Five-O: The Movie" is being worked by executive producer George Litto and director Steven Soderbergh. Sources say that the Warner Bros. $100-million-plus film would ideally begin shooting here in the summer for a May 2006 release. George Clooney is still the first choice to play Steve McGarrett, sources confirmed ...

When the first season of "Lost" ends late next month, the production will have spent, here in Hawaii, $10 million at local businesses. The amount does not include labor costs.

Executive producer/creator J.J. Abrams confirms that one of the show's regular characters will die by the end of the season and, sources say, it's not Hurley (Jorge Garcia). Also, the season finale in May will be a two-parter, starting with a one-hour episode and concluding with a 90-minute installment, with the final half-hour airing commercial-free ...