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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…

Young Rock, the upcoming NBC series inspired by the life of Dwayne Johnson, has started in on production in Queensland, Australia, Universal Television said Monday. The division of Universal Studio Group is producing the series, which will chronicle Johnson's formative years. NBC gave it a straight-to-series order in…

Former Sexiest Man Alive Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson congratulated newly crowned Michael B. Jordan for his PEOPLE recognition by invoking the words…well tweets of President Donald Trump. On Friday, the Black Adam star and 2016’s Sexiest Man posted a picture of himself in People’s latest issue, promoting the section…

EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures and Dwayne Johnson and Dany Garcia’s Seven Bucks Productions are looking to relaunch a new Scorpion King movie and have set Jonathan Herman to pen the script. Johnson and Garcia will produce along with Seven Bucks’ Hiram Garcia. With Johnson booked through 2022, the studio will look to…

In a move months in the making, Dwayne Johnson and Dany Garcia's Seven Bucks Productions has officially hired WME partner Kimberly Bialek as new Executive Vice President of Development and Production, reporting to Seven Bucks' President of Production, Hiram Garcia. Bialek exited the agency after 16 years there as a…

Sarah Shahi has joined the cast of New Line and DC Films highly anticipated Black Adam starring Dwayne Johnson in the title role. Aldis Hodge is also on board to play Hawkman with Noah Centineo set to play Atom Smasher. Jaume Collet-Serra, who also directed Johnson alongside Emily Blunt in Disney's Jungle Cruise, will…

Dwayne Johnson this week surpassed 200 million followers on Instagram, his go-to social media portal. He posted a video this morning to commemorate the milestone, one he said puts him atop the pile in terms of American men (the soccer star Ronaldo has the biggest Instagram following in the world at 238 million, while…

EXCLUSIVE: Dwayne Johnson and Dany Garcia's Seven Bucks Productions have set a feature documentary focusing on the attempt by seven-time Mr. Olympia Phil Heath to return after a two year hiatus to reclaim his status as arguably the greatest Mr. Olympia champion to walk the earth (sorry, Arnold). Johnson and Garcia are…

The XFL, which was acquired over the summer by Dwayne Johnson, Dany Garcia and RedBird Capital Partners, says it will not play in 2021 but plans to return in 2022. “It’s an uphill battle,” Johnson wrote in a tweet, “but we’re hungry, humble and no one will outwork us.” The upstart off-season rival to the NFL, a…

Dwayne Johnson has revealed the cast for Young Rock, his 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 expected to start soon in Australia. Young Rock will chronicle Johnson's formative years, with the…

Dwayne Johnson is no stranger to the movie sequel, but he only just made the first public presidential endorsement of his life this morning, and already the sequel has been released. Here, he discusses issues like the importance of maintaining the sanctity of the vote, and demystifying the process for young voters, in…