Dwayne Johnson than one million downloads in its first week of release. In 2016, Johnson started a YouTube channel titled "The Rock" with the help of online personality Lilly Singh. His first video was called "The YouTube Factory" and featured several internet stars. He was featured in the site's yearly video series "YouTube Rewind" in 2016. Johnson attended the 2000 Democratic National Convention as part of WWE's non-partisan "Smackdown Your Vote" campaign, which aimed to influence young people to vote. He also had a speaking role at the 2000 Republican National Convention that same year. In 2017, he told "GQ" Magazine that
Dwayne Johnson originally attached as producer and star, Johnson will now serve solely as the former on a film adaptation of "The Janson Directive". John Cena will fill the leading role, with Akiva Goldsman attached as screenwriter. Johnson will co-produce and star in "The King", a film about king Kamehameha Kūnuiākea, founder and first ruler of the Kingdom of Hawai'i. The project will be directed by Robert Zemeckis from a script written by Randall Wallace. The movie will be comparable to "Braveheart" in tone, given Wallace's work on both films, and will depict the king's role in resolving the wars among the