Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson and Issa Rae team up for backyard wrestling HBO show titled TRE CNT
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson has a new tag team partner: Issa Rae.
The pro-wrestler-turned-Hollywood action hero, 47, and the actress/writer, 35, are joining forces with producer Dany Garcia, 51, on a new HBO series titled TRE CNT (pronounced as TRE COUNT, a play on the wrestling phrase ‘three count’) that explores the life of an aspiring professional wrestler as he makes his way up the ranks.
The series will be focused on a young Houston dock worker named Cassius Jones who has aspirations to climb into the ring, and uses inheritance money and a family home deeded to him to begin a backyard wrestling promotion, Variety reported.
Coming soon: Dwayne Johnson, 47, and Issa Rae, 35, are joining forces on a new HBO series titled TRE CNT (pronounced as TRE COUNT) that explores the life of an aspiring professional wrestler as he makes his way up the ranks
Cassius has the support of friends, family and neighbors with his promotion, which has a hip-hop theme.
Johnson, Garcia and Rae will produce the series under their respective production companies – Johnson and Garcia’s Seven Bucks Productions and Issa Rae Productions.
Also involved in the program, according to the outlet, are producers Hiram Garcia, El Masri and Montrel McKay; and executive producer/showrunner Judah Miller.
Both of the stars have established working relationships with HBO, as Rae has brought the feted series Insecure to the network, while Johnson and Garcia, who were wed from 1997 until 2008, produced the show ballers, which wrapped up after five seasons last fall.
In the mix: Dany Garcia, 51, is an executive producer on the show. The beauty was snapped in LA in 2018
For the millions: Johnson won the WWE World Title 10 times and was a key player in the late 90s wrestling boom known as the Attitude Era
The Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle star is one of the most successful professional wrestlers in history, parlaying his success in the squared circle into a booming Hollywood career in multiple genres.
The third-generation wrestler – whose father and grandfather, respectively, were late pro wrestling legends Rocky Johnson and Peter Maivia – began his career in the WWE in 1996 and within a few years, was at the top of the industry.
Johnson won the WWE World Title 10 times and was a key player in the late 90s wrestling boom known as the Attitude Era.