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Dwayne Johnson Film Fighting With My Family to Be Made Into Stage Musical
Jon Brittain will write the book and lyrics, while Miranda Cooper and Nick Coler provide new music for the stage adaptation.
- Writer-Director Stephen Merchant and producer Dwayne Johnson are adapting their 2019 biopic Fighting With My Family into a stage musical, currently in development with Tilted Musicals and the Birmingham Hippodrome.
- Merchant noted he always envisioned the story as a musical, comparing wrestling matches to dance numbers, while Johnson added that the film's personal emotion makes it "exceptionally well-suited for the stage."
- Olivier Award-winning playwright Jon Brittain is writing the book and lyrics, with a new soundtrack by Miranda Cooper and Nick Coler; the musical follows Saraya Knight, a goth outsider raised in a British wrestling dynasty.
- Seven Bucks Productions, co-founded by Johnson and Dany Garcia, is collaborating alongside Kevin Misher on the project, with closed workshops planned for this year ahead of a 2027 public presentation.
- The original film, which starred Florence Pugh and Vince Vaughn, premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival and chronicled the true story of WWE superstar Paige, also known as Saraya Jade Bevis.
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Fighting With My Family' Stage Musical Set; Dwayne Johnson Among Producers
Fighting with My Family is headed from the squared circle to the stage. The 2019 pro wrestling biopic is being adapted as a musical, with the film’s writer-director Stephen Merchant and co-star Dwayne Johnson onboard as producers. Tilted Musicals with collaborating with Merchant, Johnson and Dany Garcia’s Seven Bucks Productions, Kevin Misher and Birmingham Hippodrome to develop the show with book and lyrics by Olivier Award-winning playwright…
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