The Rock to co-author true crime book about Hawaii mob boss to be adapted by Martin Scorsese

Dwayne Johnson is working with investigative journalist Nick Bilton on the project, with a film in the pipeline starring Emily Blunt and Leonardo DiCaprio

The actor Dwayne Johnson, who began his career as wrestler The Rock, is to co-author a nonfiction book about a Hawaii crime syndicate in the 1960s and 1970s.

Writing on Instagram, Johnson said he was super grateful to co-author my next project (a nonfiction book) with award-winning investigative journalist, @NickBilton.