Dwayne Johnson’s Seven Bucks Productions Inks First-Look Deal With 20th Television

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EXCLUSIVE: 20th Television has closed a first-look TV deal with Seven Bucks Productions, the production company co-founded by Dwayne Johnson and Dany Garcia.

The pact brings Seven Bucks fully under the Walt Disney Co. umbrella after the label last June signed a first-look deal with the Disney movie studio to develop films for theatrical and streaming.

Under the pact with 20th TV, part of Disney TV Studios, Johnson, Garcia, and Seven Bucks’ television team, led by President of Production Hiram Garcia, Head of Television Scott Landsman and EVP of Development & Production Kimberly Bialek, will develop and executive produce comedy, drama, adult animation, limited and unscripted series for linear networks and streamers, with an emphasis on platforms across Disney Entertainment Television.

After starring roles in a couple of Disney movies from the 2000s, including The Game Plan and Race to Witch Mountain, Johnson returned to the media conglom as Seven Bucks produced the 2021 film adaptation of Jungle Cruise, starring Johnson and Emily Blunt, and the 2021 docuseries Behind the Attraction, which ran on Disney+ for two seasons.