Warner Bros. hasn’t officially explained why San Andreas 2 hasn’t been released yet, but it’s not much of a mystery. In the years since the first film, The Rock has been incredibly busy as one of the biggest stars in the world. Since 2015, he has starred in the films “Central Intelligence,” “Moana,” “The Fate of the Furious,” “Baywatch,” “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle,” “Rampage,” “Skyscraper,” “Fighting the Family.” Hobbs & Shaw, Jumanji: The Next Level, Jungle Cruise, Free Guy, Red Notice and Black Adam, as well as his HBO TV show Ballers and his NBC show. “Young Rock” This a lot of in seven years. Not to mention the projects he produced.
In 2017, Alexandra Daddario, who played Johnson’s daughter in San Andreas, addressed the status of the sequel. She said it sounded as if Johnson’s schedule was an obstacle that needed to be overcome.
“It’s still in pre-production. You never know with Dwayne Johnson’s schedule. He is a very busy man. a place for it.”
The studio has yet to set a release date. Part of the problem is that during that seven-year period, Time Warner was acquired by AT&T, but last year AT&T turned around and sold WarnerMedia to Discovery. So there were two giant corporate upheavals along the way, which always complicates things. In the midst of all this came a global pandemic that shut down Hollywood for more than a year, from which the industry is in many ways still recovering.