Dwayne Johnson stars in ‘Tooth Fairy’

When: Opening Friday at local theaters

Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Ashley Judd, Julie Andrews

Director: Michael Lembeck

The story: A hard-hitting hockey player, nicknamed “The Tooth Fairy” because he’s so good at separating opposing skaters from their bicuspids, tells a 6-year-old the tooth fairy doesn’t exist — and finds himself transformed into the real thing, complete with tutu, wings and magic wand.

The buzz: If this sounds like a movie the Governator himself, Arnold Schwarzenegger, might have made once upon a time, you’re right. Originally titled “Sweet Tooth,” this comedy has been in development for more than a decade, and originally focused on the real Tooth Fairy’s son, a rugged Marine forced to take over the family business from his ailing parent. That explains the screenwriting credit for the veteran comedy team of Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel (“City Slickers,” “A League of Their Own”), whose last produced movies — “Fever Pitch” and “Robots” — opened in 2005.