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An upcoming film adaptation of the video game It Takes Two has landed at Amazon, with Seven Bucks Productions coming aboard to produce alongside dj2 Entertainment, Deadline can confirm. It Takes Two is an action-adventure co-op platform game developed by Hazelight Studios and published by Electronic Arts, which…

EXCLUSIVE: Walt Disney Studios’ long-awaited release of its adventure pic Jungle Cruise not only marks the first time we will have seen Dwayne Johnson on the big screen since Jumanji: The Next Level, it marks the first of three big-budget productions his production banner Seven Bucks Productions will unveil during…

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…

Jason Hall, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter behind Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper, has been tapped write and direct Unstoppable, a feature based on the true-life story of inspirational wrestling star Anthony Robles. The pic will be produced by Dwayne Johnson, Dany Garcia and Hiram Garcia of Seven Bucks Productions…

Dwayne Johnson is stepping into the octagon, coming aboard to produce and star in Smashing Machine, a dramatic movie about the life of two-time UFC champion Mark Kerr. Johnson, himself a former pro wrestler, made the announcement at Madison Square Garden on Friday during the weigh-in for this weekend’s UFC 244 card…

EXCLUSIVE:  We’ve been hearing about this since early October and now it’s official: Dwayne Johnson and Dany Garcia’s Seven Bucks-MGM movie Fighting With My Family will makes its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival as the surprise screening on Monday, Jan. 28th. The movie, from MGM, opens on Feb. 14. Previous…

Dwayne Johnson and Dany Garcia’s Seven Bucks Productions has hired former WME agent Kevin Hill as Head of Television & Digital Development. In his new role,  Hill will help identify, develop and produce new scripted and unscripted projects across Seven Bucks Productions and Seven Bucks Digital Studios. Hill moves to…

In what was described as a competitive bidding situation, Netflix has nabbed the rights to the feature, John Henry and The Statesmen, with Dwayne Johnson attached as the star and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle director Jake Kasdan on board to direct. Johnson and his Seven Bucks Productions partners Dany Garcia and…

BET has ordered Finding Justice, a six-episode docuseries from executive producers Dwayne Johnson and Dany Garcia and their Seven Bucks Productions. Finding Justice tells the powerful stories of heroes, leaders, advocates and change agents in African American communities across America as they uncover injustices and…

Dwayne Johnson and Dany Garcia’s Seven Bucks Productions has hired Chelsea Friedland as its new VP of development. In her new role, Friedland will be overseeing the development of new scripted and unscripted television projects and work closely with Seven Bucks Digital Studios, the digital arm of Seven Bucks Prods, to…

Dwayne Johnson and Dany Garcia’s Seven Bucks Productions is signaling a further TV expansion with the appointment writer-producer Brian Gewirtz as SVP of Development. Gewirtz, who has been working at the company as a creative consultant since 2013, will oversee the development of television content for Seven Bucks…

Dwayne Johnson and Dany Garcia’s Seven Bucks Productions has partnered with Spike TV and Casey Patterson Entertainment for an original special, Rock The Troops, to air on Spike on Veteran’s Day 2016. The special,  “grand scale music and entertainment event” will entertain US troops serving abroad. The special will be…