{"id":81665,"date":"2026-04-22T00:14:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T00:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/fighting-with-my-family-stage-musical-set-dwayne-johnson-among-producers\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T00:14:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T00:14:04","slug":"fighting-with-my-family-stage-musical-set-dwayne-johnson-among-producers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/fighting-with-my-family-stage-musical-set-dwayne-johnson-among-producers\/","title":{"rendered":"Fighting With My Family’ Stage Musical Set; Dwayne Johnson Among Producers"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n\tFighting with My Family<\/em> is headed from the squared circle to the stage. The 2019 pro wrestling biopic is being adapted as a musical, with the film\u2019s writer-director Stephen Merchant and co-star Dwayne Johnson onboard as producers.<\/p>\n

\n\tTilted Musicals with collaborating with Merchant, Johnson and Dany Garcia\u2019s Seven Bucks Productions, Kevin Misher and Birmingham Hippodrome to develop the show with book and lyrics by Olivier Award-winning playwright Jon Brittain. The tunes will come from Miranda Cooper and Nick Coler.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWhen we were making the film, I always thought of it like a musical: a young woman from the \u2018chorus line\u2019 fighting to get her big break, surrounded by theatrical, larger-than-life characters and huge sweeping emotions,\u201d Merchant said. \u201cI approached each wrestling match like it was a di\ufb00erent dance number, building to a big show-stopping finale. Seeing the film reimagined for the stage feels like the natural next step. \u201d<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tFrom left: Stephen Merchant, Florence Pugh and Dwayne Johnson on the set of 2019\u2019s \u2018Fighting with My Family\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\tThe movie premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival and hit theaters that February. It starred FLorence Pugh in the extraordinary true story of WWE star Paige aka Saraya Knight, a goth outsider who is raised in a chaotic but loving British wrestling dynasty. When a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity takes her from Norwich to America\u2019s glitzy WWE, she must confront who she really is without her family in her corner. Vince Vaughn also starred as her WWE trainer, and Johnson played himself.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cFighting With My Family <\/em>feels exceptionally well-suited for the stage,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cIt\u2019s packed with personal emotion expressed through the dynamic world of wrestling, which has always been about storytelling and connecting with a live audience. \u2026 As it comes to life musically, I have no doubt it will be an absolute blast for theatergoers.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe project is first musical developed and produced by Tilted Musicals, a new production company run by Cooper and UK producer-director Sam Hodges. Closed workshops will take place this year before a public presentation in 2027.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n


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