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The Rock to co-write true-crime book about Hawaii mob boss
The Guardian
|April 15, 2025
The actor Dwayne Johnson, who began his career as the wrestler The Rock, is co-writing a nonfiction book about a Hawaii crime syndicate in the 1960s and 70s.
Writing on Instagram, Johnson said he was "super grateful to co-author my next project (a nonfiction book) with award-winning investigative journalist, @Nick Bilton. Nick and I have worked on this for months now, with many more months of work ahead of us - this has already been such an unbelievable, inspiring and eye-opening experience."
The Penguin Random House imprint Crown has acquired rights to the as-yet untitled book, which will "serve as an inspiration" for a film directed by Martin Scorsese, which is being scripted by Bilton and Johnson.
Johnson will co-star with his Jungle Cruise collaborator Emily Blunt, as well as Leonardo DiCaprio.
This story is from the April 15, 2025 edition of The Guardian.
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