Dwayne Johnson Shares Amusing Pitch Video for His Upcoming YOUNG ROCK Comedy Series

Dwayne Johnson has posted a new video on his Instagram page, and it’s basically a pitch video for his upcoming Young Rock comedy series. He gives us a rundown of what we can expect from the show as it’s going to dive into aspects of his life that he claims he’s never really shared with anyone before.

Young Rock charts Johnson’s childhood “from growing up in a strong and resilient family, to being surrounded by the wild characters of his professional wrestling family, to playing football at the University of Miami. It will explore the rollercoaster that has shaped Johnson into the man he is today and the larger-than-life characters he’s met along the way.”

Watch Johnson amusingly talk about the series below, while also shamelessly promoting his tequila company.

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Our new, wildly funny and unbelievable show for @NBC, explores my true life events during my formative years from growing up in the surreal and tough world of pro wrestling to being a broke kleptomaniac to hanging out in honky tonks at 15yrs old in Nashville and deciding I was gonna be an outlaw country singer 🤠🎶 Move over Waylon & Merle, cos here I come 😝🤦🏽‍♂️ (some of you know those names;) To winning the National Championship at THE U. Miami 🙌🏾💀 The baddest boys college football has ever seen. Period. What a FUN and WILD show and can’t wait to deliver it to you guys in 2021. A @teremana toast to all my fellow actors, our brilliant hard working crew, our NBC partners and to my kick ass show creator, Nahnatchka Khan for kicking off production down under in Australia 🇦🇺 🥃 Stay healthy and let’s make a great one - for the people! #YOUNGROCK @sevenbucksprod @NBC

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The series will star Adrian Groulx as 10-year-old Dwayne Johnson, a.k.a. “Little Dewey,” and the anchor of the series. Bradley Constant as a 15-year-old Johnson, at a time when he is doing his best to fit in as a normal teenager. Marco Polo star Uli Latukefu is set to play Johnson from the ages of 18 to 20, a time when Dwayne had just been recruited to play football on a scholarship at the University of Miami.

The cast for the series also includes Stacey Leilua as Ata Johnson, Dwayne’s strong, positive mother, Joseph Lee Anderson as Dwayne’s charismatic and charming father, and finally Ana Tuisila as Lia Maivia, Dwayne’s sweet grandmother who is a cutthroat, ruthless businesswoman when she needs to be.

The series comes from Nahnatchka Khan, who co-wrote the pilot with Jeff Chiang. Both are executive producing alongside Johnson under his Seven Bucks Productions banner.

The series is set to premiere sometime in 2021.