NBC have released the teaser trailer for the upcoming comedy series Young Rock, based on the childhood of Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson.
The series chronicles Johnson’s “formative years”, in which he would spend his High School years in Honolulu before moving the country music capital of Nashville, Tennessee, where he was arrested multiple times for fighting, theft and check fraud before the age of seventeen. It was revealed that Johnson will appear in every episode of the show.
The series is developed by Nahnatchka Khan, who co-write the pilot with Jeff Chiang. The duo also executive produce alongside Johnson under the Seven Bucks Productions banner, Dany Garcia, Hiram Garcia, Brian Gewirtz and Jennifer Carreras of Fierce Baby Productions.
The series stars Adrian Groulx, Bradley Constant, Uli Latukefu, Stacey Leilua, Joseph Lee Anderson, Ana Tuisila, Taj Cross and Lexie Duncan.
Young Rock will premiere on NBC on the 16th February 2021.