‘Young Rock’: Dwayne Johnson Teams With Nahnatchka Khan For NBC Comedy Series Inspired By Him

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NBC has given an 11-episode straight-to-series order to Young Rock, a single-camera comedy inspired by Dwayne Johnson, also known by his ring name, The Rock. The project comes from Johnson and Fres…

will chronicle Johnson’s formative years, with Dwayne set to appear in each episode. The pilot was co-written by Khan andThe series is produced by Universal Television, where Khan is in the first year of a four-year overall deal, Johnson’s Seven Bucks Productions and Khan’s Fierce Baby Productions.

Executive producers are Chiang, Fierce Baby’s Khan and Jennifer Carreras and Severn Bucks’ Johnson, Dany Garcia, Hiram Garcia and Brian Gewirtz. The project was taken out last fall, with NBC buying it preemptively with a big commitment. It is the second high-profile single-camera comedy from Universal TV the network has given a straight-to-series order for next season, along with a L.A. Mayor project from Tina Fey and Robert Carlock starring Ted Danson.

“The show will feature Dwayne as he grows up through life,” NBCEntertainment Chairman Paul Telegdy said during the network’s executive session when announcing the project. “It’s Dwayne’s life brought to live by a brilliant and soulful writer like Nahnatchka.” He noted thatwas the first pitch Khan brought to NBC under her overall deal. She and Johnson pitched the concept together.Johnson and Garcia will return to executive produce the second season of the reality serieswhich has grossed over $600M worldwide and will next star in Disney’sis currently airing its sixth and final season on ABC.

 

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But it's a series inspired by him and not starring him at all.

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