While he has more than enough material to make a compelling film based on his own wrestling family, though, he’s choosing to make one about someone else’s now. Meet the Bevis family.

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WWE fans will already be familiar with one member. Known to her fans as simply Paige, Saraya-Jade is the most famous member of her pro wrestling family that includes parents Julia and Ian, and older brothers Roy and Zak.

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Johnson will play an on-screen role in the film called “Fighting With My Family,” and he’ll also serve as an executive producer of the project alongside Seven Bucks Productions’ Dany Garcia and Hiram Garcia. WWE Studios President Michael Luisi will produce the project with Misher Films’ Kevin Misher.

Johnson said he first dreamed up the project in 2012 while filming one of the “Fast & Furious” movies in England.

“I was in my hotel room in London and stumbled across a documentary on a local U.K. channel,” Johnson said (via Deadline). “Not only was I intrigued by this loving and wild family, but I also felt it’s the kind of narrative that would make an amazing movie.”

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Referring to the last name several of the family members used in the ring, Johnson added, “The Knights’ journey is a universal one that all families are familiar with. I relate to Saraya [Paige] and her wrestling family on such a personal level and it means so much that I can help tell their story.”

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The story, which British sitcom writer Stephen Merchant helped devise, will follow family members as they eke out a living by performing in small, independent pro wrestling shows around England. When the kids in the family earn a chance to audition with the WWE, the down-on-their-luck family’s fortunes appear to change. However, as it always is in films, there’s just more drama ahead.

“The ‘family strong’ element I saw in the [documentary], is what grabbed my attention,” Johnson wrote on Instagram on Tuesday. “That no matter how crazy life gets, no matter how dysfunctional our families can sometimes be and especially regardless of how much we fight — we’re always there for each other when it counts. That’s what families do. … My gut said there was a great movie to be made.”

Tweeting a picture of Johnson’s announcement on Instagram, Paige called the project a “dream come true.”

“I’m extremely happy for myself, but mostly happy for my family,” she added. “They deserve everything and more.”