The Rock Excited By Very Different New Project

The Rock is taking on a new challenge alongside an upcoming film.

Back in February, it was reported that The Rock is set to team up with Leonardo DiCaprio, Emily Blunt, and legendary director Martin Scorsese in a new crime drama that’s already got Hollywood buzzing.

The movie which is yet to be written will chart the rise of a real-life Hawaii crime boss during the 1960s and 1970s.

The as-yet-unnamed film will be based on a true untold story, described as “the last great American mob saga.”

The Rock Excited To Tell Very Personal Story

This was followed by a report that revealed The Rock was writing a book on the new movie with Nick Bilton. The journalist is also working on the screenplay for the movie itself.

In a post on Instagram, the Hollywood megastar said he’d been working on the book with Bilton for several months.

Super grateful to co-author my next project (a non-fiction book) with award winning investigative journalist, @NickBilton.

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 nonfiction book will chronicle the untold true story of a fierce and defiant Hawaiian crime syndicate known as The Company that battled outsider gangs and corporate invaders during the 1960s and 1970s.

And it will shine a spotlight on its charismatic, powerful and strategic leader, Wilford “Nappy” Pulawa — the first and only Hawaiian mob boss in history.”

My formative years were spent growing up in Honolulu, Hawai’i and this story is very personal – the more exhaustive research we do and people we speak to – the more I shake my head at how wildly and profoundly connected we all were. And still are.

Mahalo to our director, Marty Scorsese for working so closely with us creatively as we all explore and embrace this Hawai’i story with mana and respect.

More to come. Mahalo everyone 🥃

Despite appearing to be the reason that John Cena turned heel at Elimination Chamber, The Rock’s WrestleMania status remains something of a mystery. For several months it’s been believed that Rock would be featured on the show in some capacity, but updates have been few and far between in recent weeks.