Finally, we have an update on Dwayne Johnson’s sitcom.
For those who missed the news earlier this year, the former WWE superstar’s early years are being given the small screen treatment with a comedy based on his wild ‘formative years’.
The show – which already sounds like an incredible idea – has been confirmed for NBC’s autumn midseason schedule in the US, so fingers crossed for some UK news before too long.
In a statement announcing the full schedule, the network’s Entertainment Chairman Paul Telegdy said: ‘Thanks to the ingenuity of our creative teams and our partner studios, NBC has assembled a remarkably stable schedule at a time when stability is called for.
‘With the reopening of the Universal lot for select productions this week, we are confident that our schedule will premiere intact later this fall.
‘We design shows for longevity and this schedule remains a powerful propulsive force for shows to start here and carry on entertaining across generations.’
Former WWE superstar Dwayne – who is executive producing the project through his Seven Bucks Productions company – will also star in Young Rock.
The 11-episode single-cam series will also be produced by Fresh Off The Boat’s Nahnatchka Khan, who co-wrote the pilot with Jeff Chiang.
Announcing the new project earlier this year, the Hollywood actor compared his life to Forrest Gump and promised to show fans ‘the good, the bad, the ugly’.
He wrote on Instagram at the time: ‘The story of my wildly unpredictable life comes to @NBC ‘YOUNG ROCK’.
‘For the first time ever I’m bringing you along with me to experience my insanely unbelievable childhood, teenage years and adolescence.
‘My close friends refer to me as the big, brown tattooed Forrest Gump because of everyone and everything that has weaved in and out of my surreal life.’
And while Dwayne admitted he’s had some tough experiences, he promised the sitcom will always keep its sense of humour.
‘I’ve seen it all my friends – success, failure, homelessness, evictions, suicide attempts, arrests, hard times, good times, low times, high times,’ he added.
‘And all this s**t happened to me by the time I turned 21. This is a show about my young life. And the lessons I learned. The good, the bad, the ugly but ALWAYS FUNNY.’
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