LOS ANGELES — Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is in negotiations to star in “Snitch,” an action thriller that Ric Roman Waugh is writing and directing for Exclusive Media.

The project has been long in development and at one point was set up at New Line with Carl Franklin directing.

The script centers on a suburban father who is hit hard when his teenage son is sentenced to 30 years under mandatory minimum drug laws. In order to reduce his son’s sentence, the father goes undercover to help nab a senior drug dealer. The story is based on a “Frontline” documentary.