‘Skyscraper’ Trailer: The Rock Vs. Big Buildings [Updated]
Update: After the Super Bowl TV spot, Universal debuted the fullSkyscrapertrailer onThe Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon. Check it out below, and our original article follows.
Nothing can stopDwayne “The Rock” Johnson, not evena really, really big building. InSkyscraper, Johnson plays a muscular man who assesses security for skyscrapers. As bad luck would have it, some nefarious fiend has set the tallest building in the world on fire, and framed Johnson for the deed. Big mistake. TheSkyscraperSuper Bowl spot shows off all this blockbuster madness as we wait for a full trailer later tonight.
The plot ofSkyscraperiswild. Not content to simply concoct a disaster movie, the makers ofSkyscraperhave put together a complicated plot involving a criminal conspiracy to go along with all that mega-destruction. Dwayne Johnson plays a former FBI hostage negotiator and U.S. war veteran who now works for a company that assesses security for skyscrapers. While on a business trip to check out the tallest building in the world, located in China, all hell breaks lose as the building is set on fire. A big, burning building is bad enough, but soon Johnson finds himselfframedfor the fire. Now he has to clear his good name while also setting out to rescue his family trapped in the burning building. Like I said, wild.
Skyscraper Trailer
Additionally, aSkyscraperSuper Bowl spot shows off all this mayhem, and then later tonight, a fullSkyscrapertrailer will air duringThe Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.
Skyscraper Super Bowl Spot
Here’s your first look at@TheRockin#SkyscraperMovie. See the full trailer tonight in@FallonTonight.pic.twitter.com/3rVi4wI5PC
— Skyscraper (@skyscrapermovie)June 28, 2025
Folks, this lookswild. If I didn’t know any better, I might assume this was just a fake trailer that was going to be used in a comedy about an action movie actor. But no,Skyscraperis real, and it looks kind of incredible. The trailer isn’t even shy about acknowledging itsDie Hardinspirations, going so far as to have the Rock swinging towards the building while clutching a fire hose. Well played,Skyscraper.
Skyscrapercomes from the wonderfully-named filmmakerRawson M. Thurber, who both wrote and directed the film, and who also helmed the comediesCentralIntelligenceandDodgeball: A True Underdog Story. In addition to the Rock, the film also starsNeve Campbell(!),Chin Han,Roland Møller,Pablo Schreiber,Byron Mann,Hannah Quinlivan, andNoah Taylor. This movie looks and sounds bonkers, and perhaps that’s exactly the type of reaction a movie likeSkyscraperis going for. The Rock has made a career out of playing likable heroes in ludicrous situations, and no doubtSkyscraperwill have enough mayhem and action to please his fan base. It’s just one of two disaster-themed films the action star has hitting theaters this year, the other being the video game adaptationRampage.SkyscraperopensJuly 13, 2018.
