Dwayne Johnson’s Production Company Launching New YouTube Channel With Studio71
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is muscling his way onto YouTube in a big new way.
Seven Bucks Productions, co-founded by Dwayne Johnson and Dany Garcia, this summer will launch a new YouTube channel in partnership with Studio71, the digital entertainment company and multichannel network owned by ProSiebenSat.1 Group.
The new channel, Seven Bucks Digital Studios, will feature the Rock’s own videos as well as showcase his production shingle’s other projects along with other creators. The YouTube channel promises monthly collaborations with top digital talent as well as an “action-filled” scripted online series.
“Other than my family, social media is my strongest relationship and it’s allowed me to connect on a very direct and personal level with fans globally,” Johnson said in a statement. “We’re thrilled to partner with the world-class team at Studio71 to deliver cool, compelling and entertaining content for audiences around the world to enjoy.”
Johnson’s existing YouTube channel, which has served as an outlet for trailers and video from his projects, has about 58,000 subscribers and has been infrequently updated.
The ex-wrestler, who has more than 100 million followers on social media, announced the new YouTube channel on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram:
“Through Seven Bucks Productions, Dwayne Johnson and Dany Garcia have built an entertainment brand that crosses all mediums, and we see this as an organic expansion of Johnson’s huge online presence,” said Dan Weinstein, president of Studio71.
The Seven Bucks Productions slate includes movies such as Paramount’s “Baywatch,” New Line Cinema’s “Shazam,” Universal Pictures’ “The Janson Directive” and DreamWorks Animation’s “Alpha Squad Seven.” The company also produces original TV series including TNT’s “The Hero” and “Wake Up Call,” HBO’s “Ballers” and Spike TV’s “Rock the Troops.”
The plans for the Seven Bucks Digital Studios channel were among the announcements being featured at Studio71’s Digital Content NewFronts presentation to ad execs Tuesday in NYC. In the U.S., Studio71 was previously known as Collective Digital Studio.
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