Pepsiman (2024 film)

Pepsiman is an upcoming live action comedy based off the video game and Japanese mascot of the same name. To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Pepsiman game, Sony teamed up with PepsiCo to produce this movie.

Plot
The movie begins in a small town in Califorina. The opening scene is similar to the game where Mike Butters is buying a bunch of Pepsi from the vending machine. He decides to open one up and drink it. He then proceeds to look inside the can. When we look inside the can, we see the opening logos to the movie. After the logos, we see Pepsiman (played by Dwayne Johnson), where a recap of the events that took place in the 1999 PlayStation game. We then zoom out of the cam, and Mike Butters looks at the camera and says to the audience, "Hey, let's start the movie." and then we see him walking home, sitting down, and turning on his TV to Pepsiman, all while the iconic Pepsiman theme, remade by Bob Dylan, plays. (Please expand onto the plot, be as creative as you can.)

Cast
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson - Pepsiman

Mike Butters - Himself

Production
Production began in August 2022.

Release
Pepsiman the Movie was released on March 1st, 2024 worldwide, just 3 days before Pepsiman's 25th anniversary. At the end of production, executives from Sony held a meeting on rather to release this movie under the Columbia or Tristar banner. Originally, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayor was going to distribute the films in other territories under United Artist Releasing, with Universal Pictures distributing the film in the UK as part of the agreement. However, Sony, United Artists, and Universal could not agree on who gets what in profit shares. As a result, both MGM and Universal abandoned the project shortly before production began. Meanwhile back at the meeting, after 2 weeks of discussion, Sony executives voted unanimously to distribute the movie under Columbia Pictures.