We should have seen this coming. Why didn’t we see this coming?

As mentioned long ago, Brendan Frasier bailed on the kiddie flick scene — and it’s impossible to blame him for doing so after this nonsense — which means that his role in the sequel to Journey to the Center of the Earth sequel needed to be filled. Well, a replacement has been found:

Dwayne Johnson is strapping on a backpack for New Line’s “Journey 2: The Mysterious Island,” the sequel to “Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D.”

Brad Peyton is on board to direct the film, in which Josh Hutcherson will reprise his role as burgeoning explorer Sean Anderson. Beau Flynn and Tripp Vinson of Contrafilm are producing.

Brendan Fraser was the top draw in the 2008 movie but is not returning after hitting an impasse over start dates. That put New Line on track to find a new star, with the studio and Johnson dancing for several weeks before getting into it. Johnson is in negotiations, with a deal expected to close this week.

Johnson will play the boyfriend of Hutcherson’s mom, who Hutcherson is forced to bring on a trip to a mythical and monstrous island to find his missing grandfather. The script is loosely based on Jules Verne’s “The Mysterious Island.”

OH, hell. Do I even have anything left to say about this after The Tooth Fairy? Yeah, I think I do.