Popular Hollywood actor and former professional wrestler, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson currently seems to be facing a halt in his different endeavors amid the $3 billion lawsuit. The renowned lawsuit filed by former WWE employee Trenesha Biggers is speculated to be causing trouble for the acting career of Johnson considering various news sources. Meanwhile, his production ventures are in jeopardy as well.
Recently, NBC announced the cancellation of the comedy sitcom produced by Dwayne Johnson “Young Rock” after three seasons. The show is a comedy television series that premiered in 2021. It is based on the early life and upbringing of The Rock. The series portrays Johnson’s childhood and adolescence, highlighting his experiences growing up in a wrestling family.
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It depicts his interactions with his father, Rocky Johnson, and his grandfather, Peter Maivia. Both of whom were notable professional wrestlers in their time. “Young Rock” employs a framing device where Johnson, portrayed by different actors at different ages, is being interviewed for a presidential campaign in the future. Until the third season, the show delved deeper into Rock’s early rise in Hollywood.
Amid the cancellation of the show, several speculations are being made. While the prime reason could be the low ratings of the show, other speculations could not be eliminated. It also remains to be seen whether this decision has something to do with The Rock being one of the defendants in the infamous $3 billion lawsuit by Rhaka Khan for the conspiracy of kidnapping.
Regardless, the fans of the show must be disappointed to hear the news. Furthermore, more updates regarding whether the show will return with a fourth season on a different platform or whether the sitcom just ended for good will be provided in the forthcoming future.
DC project featuring Dwayne Johnson was also canceled
While “Young Rock” getting canceled by NBC after three seasons is making headlines, this is not the first time an expected project featuring Dwayne Johnson is abruptly canceled. Last year, The Rock featured in the DC comic book movie “Black Adam”. Though the movie was expected to go big, it failed to meet expectations. Then the sequel to the film eventually got canceled.
With the Black Adam movie, Johnson was expected to join the DC Universe for further projects in the future. However, ever since James Gunn took over the control of the new DCU, he has been making massive changes.
Gunn decided to replace the previous cast with new ones. And that also includes Dwayne as Black Adam. Furthermore, with the cancellation of the Black Adam sequel, Dwayne Johnson is officially out of the brand-new DCU.