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Deadline has confirmed that Watchmen Primetime Emmy winner Yahya Abdul-Mateen II will headline Warner Bros. Emergency Contact, an action pic set in the Austin, Texas, underground music scene. Dwayne Johnson’s Seven Bucks and Beau Flynn’s Flynn Pictures will produce.  Hiram Garcia, and Dany Garcia of Seven Bucks are…

More than a year after the film’s first trailer dropped, Disney released a second preview for The Jungle Cruise, the Jaume Collet-Serra-directed film starring Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt, on Thursday. The long delay is the result of repeated release date changes. What was originally an October 2019 bow became a…

Dwayne Johnson is set to voice DC canine Krypto the Superdog in Warner Bros’ upcoming animated feature DC League of Super-Pets. Johnson’s production company Seven Bucks has also signed on to produce. The superhero action adventure from writer-director Jared Stern, which we hear Warner Bros. brass are really impressed…

EXCLUSIVE: Young Rock actor Uli Latukefu, who plays the college football era Dwayne Johnson on the NBC hit series, is reuniting with the action star for New Line/DC’s Black Adam. Latukefu’s role is being kept under wraps. The Australian native made his U.S. network TV debut in the Young Rock this past February. He…

This morning, Universal Pictures dropped a new trailer for F9, the latest action-packed installment in its Fast & Furious franchise. Picking up after the events of 2017’s The Fate of the Furious, the action pic follows unparalleled street racer and auto mechanic Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel), as he’s reunited with his…

The Rock backed now President Biden in last year's smackdown of an election, but Dwayne Johnson may have caught the White House bug himself to one day succeed Uncle Joe. Always savvy on social media, the Fast & Furious franchise star went online this morning to weigh in on a recent Newsweek poll that found almost 50%…

This afternoon just before the UCLA vs. Alabama NCAA tournament game, Dwayne Johnson unveiled the release date for his New Line/DC superhero movie Black Adam: July 29, 2022. Johnson appeared in a short spot on TBS for Black Adam, and also posted on Instagram and Twitter as well (see below) showing digital screens in…

SPOILER ALERT: This interview includes minor details from the pilot episode of Young Rock, which premieres tonight on NBC. In the new NBC family comedy Young Rock based on the life of global superstar Dwayne Johnson, there is a scene where a teenage Dwayne purchases a clunker of a car from a sketchy guy for about…

EXCLUSIVE: Matthew Willig (Concussion) is set for a key recurring role in Young Rock, Dwayne Johnson’s upcoming NBC comedy series inspired by his life. The project comes from Johnson and Fresh Off the Boat creator/executive producer Nahnatchka Khan. Production is underway in Australia. Willig will play legendary…

When it came to mounting the NBC half hour series Young Rock, getting it real, and getting it right, warts and all, was key for Dwayne Johnson and the actors portraying the younger version of the wrestler-action star and his family. Young Rock focuses on different chapters of Johnson's life. From growing up in a…

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson shares his own origin story with the teaser for Young Rock. The Hobbs & Shaw and Jumanji star shared a glimpse of his upcoming NBC series that’s set to highlight his story – from his wrestling days to his rise in Hollywood. The brief teaser gives fans a look at Adrian Groulx and Bradley…

When he took on the challenge of building a film program for Netflix three and one-half years ago, over other more traditional studio head jobs, Netflix Head of Original Films Scott Stuber was tasked with elevating the volume of releases, but also to use his relationships with talent to bring them aboard at a time…