Dwayne Johnson, Author: Crown Publishing Nabs True-Life, Hawaii-Set Crime Book Co-Written With Nick Bilton (Exclusive)
As far as careers goes, Dwayne Johnson has built out several: actor, athlete, entrepreneur, wrestler. Now get ready for Dwayne Johnson, true-crime author.
Crown, the imprint under a division of Penguin Random House, has preemptively acquired a new true-life crime book to be co-authored by Johnson and award-winning investigative journalist Nick Bilton.
The nonfiction book will chronicle the mostly untold 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 Wilford “Nappy” Pulawa — the first and only Hawaiian mob boss in history.
The book deal occurs in tandem with a movie deal inked last week with 20th Century Studios and involves Hollywood heavyweights Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio and Emily Blunt, in addition to Johnson and Bilton. The project was born from the close, ‘ohana-like bond between Blunt and Johnson,...
Crown, the imprint under a division of Penguin Random House, has preemptively acquired a new true-life crime book to be co-authored by Johnson and award-winning investigative journalist Nick Bilton.
The nonfiction book will chronicle the mostly untold 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 Wilford “Nappy” Pulawa — the first and only Hawaiian mob boss in history.
The book deal occurs in tandem with a movie deal inked last week with 20th Century Studios and involves Hollywood heavyweights Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio and Emily Blunt, in addition to Johnson and Bilton. The project was born from the close, ‘ohana-like bond between Blunt and Johnson,...
- 4/2/2025
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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