TNT Greenlights Wake Up Call with Dwayne Johnson

Dwayne Johnson to Star in Wake Up Call
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, star and executive producer of TNT's upcoming series Wake Up Call, coming in 2014. (Photo by Frank Masi/TNT)
TNT and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson are teaming up once again after their summer success with The Hero for a new series tentatively titled Wake Up Call. Johnson is set to star in and executive produce the show which will air next year on TNT.
 
Season one of Wake Up Call will be made up of eight episodes with Ben Silverman, Chris Grant, Jimmy Fox, Craig Armstrong, Rick Ringbakk, Charles Wachter, and Dany Garcia joining Johnson as executive producers.
 
“We had a wonderful time working with Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson on The Hero, in which he challenged and mentored a group of everyday heroes,” said David Eilenberg, senior vice president, unscripted development for TNT and TBS. “Wake Up Call evolved from our experience on The Hero and is its natural successor, bringing the human spirit of that show home to take on everyday challenges. In this new series, Dwayne will bring his mission of empowerment and change right to people’s front doors.”
 
“We are super excited to expand our relationship with Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson and our amazing partners at Turner with Wake Up Call, a perfect programming format that comes out of the best elements of The Hero in a closed-ended transformation show,” said Silverman.
 
Wake Up Call Details:
 
In Wake Up Call, The Rock will tackle the worst of the worst and make them into the best of the best with his own personal brand of high-octane motivation. From dysfunctional homes and dead-beat dads to sports teams that don’t gel and businesses struggling to survive, The Rock is going to descend into the chaos of everyday problems to pull good people up by the bootstraps, reminding them what hard work, passion and true discipline can accomplish.
 
Each segment on Wake Up Call will be a journey for The Rock and his team, as well as for those who will struggle to live up to The Rock’s herculean ideals. With 4 a.m. wake-up calls, emotional reunions and near-impossible goals, everyone who comes in contact with The Rock’s electric sense of personal motivation will grow from it, finding inner strength and heart.
 
Source: TNT
 
-Posted by Rebecca Murray

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