HBO greenlights 'Ballers' series with The Rock

The fact that the actor 's blockbuster 2013 has not made ​​Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson set aside the small screen, where he debuted in 1996 as one of the fighters 'Pressing Catch' it taking very little in getting an overwhelming success . His career has continued to go further since then and now can add to his accomplishments being the protagonist of a series of HBO , as the chain has just given the green light to 'Ballers' what will the first major role in a fiction of Johnson.

The series, which will run for thirty minutes per episode, will focus on the lives of some football players , both active as some others already abandoned the practice of the sport, including the one played by The Rock. Among the other players will have a highly competitive player religious striking that this role will be played by the son of Denzel Washington - one that has recently retired and are looking at what will devote the rest of his life, a reporter of ESPN maintaining a relationship with the protagonist, a high-level sports agent or the widow of one of the best friends of the main character.