According to IndieWire, Johnson and Blunt—who are fashioning themselves into some kind of strange (and, based on name alone, easily meme-able) dynamic duo after multiple collaborations—brought the project to Scorsese themselves.

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is set to lead Martin Scorsese's new mafia drama – and we're here for it. Deadline has described Johnson's character as "Robert De Niro's Jimmy the Gent character from Goodfellas, but as a ruthless Hawaiian crime boss, based on a real figure, who battled encroaching rivals for control of organized crime in Hawaii."

Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson will reunite with Emily Blunt in Martin Scorsese's next Leonardo DiCaprio-led movie. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has found his next role, landing a part in Martin Scorsese's next Leonardo DiCaprio-led movie, which also stars Emily Blunt.