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World Wrestling Entertainment Superstar John Cena, center, is accompanied by Make-A-Wish participants Rocco Lanzer, left, and and Evan Maher, as he visits the trading floor before ringing the New York Stock Exchange opening bell, Friday, Aug. 21, 2015. To date, WWE superstars and divas have granted more than 6,000 wishes. This was Cena's 500th granted wish. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) Image Credit: AP

Wrestling star and actor John Cena will replace star Sylvester Stallone in Jackie Chan’s action-thriller Project X.

Scott Waugh is directing it from a script by Arash Amel. The independent action-thriller Project X is set at a Chinese-run oil refinery in the Middle East, reports variety.com.

Chan will portray a Chinese private security contractor who is tasked with extracting oil workers from a refinery that has been attacked. He teams up with a former US Marine (Cena) when he learns that the attackers’ real plan is to steal the oil.

Chan will also produce Project X along with Joe Tam, Esmond Ren and Hans Canosa.

Cena was last seen on-screen in Blockers and will star in Bumblebee and The Janson Directive.