Hulk Hogan Biopic

[Darth Marcus]

Source The Hollywood Reporter

Chris Hemsworth to Play Hulk Hogan in Biopic Directed by Todd Phillips (Exclusive)
FEBRUARY 20, 2019 12:52pm PT by Borys Kit

Time to eat your vitamins and say your prayers.

Hulkamania is going to run wild.

Chris Hemsworth will star as wrestling superstar Hulk Hogan in a biopic that reunites Todd Phillips with Scott Silver, the respective director and writer of the upcoming DC Comics movie, The Joker.

Deals for the Hogan project are in the midst of closing with Netflix. Producing will be Michael Sugar, the Academy Award winner behind Spotlight who will produce via his Netflix-based Sugar23, and Phillips and Bradley Cooper who will produce via their banner, Joint Effort. Also producing will be Hemsworth and Eric Bischoff.

One of the biggest names in wrestling of all time, Hogan was a fixture on TV sets in 1980s America as part of the World Wrestling Federation, parlaying his championships-winning leg drops and star power into forays into movies and television, endorsements and video games.

Born Terry Gene Bollea, Hogan began his career in the late 1970s in the Florida fighting circuit and when he started in the WWF frequently squared off against Andre the Giant as a villainous fighter. When Vince McMahon took over the company and began expanding it into a national presence, Hogan was its face and by then a hero persona. By the end of the '80s, he was one of the Me Decade’s key personalities, gracing magazine covers, appearing on nightly talk shows, and even headlining a Saturday morning cartoon.

In the 21st century, however, Hogan’s fortunes were see-sawing as personal conflicts overtook those inside the ring. Most notably, he was embroiled in a sex tape scandal, with the wife of a friend and radio personality, including a years-long lawsuit that precipitated the end of Gawker and led to Hogan receiving tens of millions of dollars in a settlement.

The biopic will not delve into those years or attempt to encompass an entire life. Instead sources say it will focus on the Hogan’s rise and is described as an origin story of the Hulkster and Hulkamania.

The deal, which took months to put together, will include life rights with Bollea acting as a consultant on the movie as well as executive producer. Also exec producing will be Sugar23's Ashley Zalta.

Steve Desmond and Michael Sherman will co-produce the project, which is in the early stages.

Hemsworth, repped by CAA, Fourward, and Ganeg Tyre, has to major tentpoles opening this summer: Avengers: Endgame, which hits April 26, and Men in Black: International, which releases June 14.

Phillips was a producer on the Oscar-nominated smash, A Star Is Born, and is the director of The Hangover movie series. The Joker opens Oct. 4.

Silver, repped by CAA and Ziffren Brittenham, counts Eminem-starrer 8 Mile and The Finest Hours among his credits.

[dgoswald]

Oh.my.word.

This could be effin' amazing!

[Jennifer Lawrence Fan]

Hollywood really wants to shove Hemsworth down our throats, and prove hs is something outside the NCU.

[jess1581]

Oh that's perfect... Plz put Ultimate warrior in it! What I'd give to get that role, spewing nonsense and yelling HO KOGAN!

[Darth Marcus]

Originally Posted by Jennifer Lawrence Fan

Hollywood really wants to shove Hemsworth down our throats, and prove hs is something outside the NCU.

I was already convinced of that after 2013's Rush.

[dgoswald]

Originally Posted by Jennifer Lawrence Fan

Hollywood really wants to shove Hemsworth down our throats, and prove hs is something outside the NCU.

[DanTheMan]

This will undoubtedly kick off the WWE Cinematic Universe.

[Creed]

Originally Posted by Darth Marcus

I was already convinced of that after 2013's Rush.

Shit, I better watch that soon. I liked him in In The Heart of the Sea.

This project sounds interesting enough.

[Darth Marcus]

Originally Posted by Creed

Shit, I better watch that soon.

Yes, yes you should. A legitimate candidate for Ron Howard's best film.

[MattJ1991]

I'm all in on this.

[scifisuperfan]

Dont forget The Cabin in the Woods and i think his best acting was in The Perfect Getaway.

I thought he would be making Stallone biopic instead of this. Cant wait to see him bald though.

[Falaskan]

Let me just say, yum.

[HockeySlasher]

Originally Posted by jess1581

Oh that's perfect... Plz put Ultimate warrior in it! What I'd give to get that role, spewing nonsense and yelling HO KOGAN!

Okay, that made me chuckle.

The good news for Hemsworth is that he basically has to learn 3 moves - the "leg drop", the "tie up" and the "I just got knocked down but I hear the hulkamanics, nothing is hurting me now...I'm shaking my head then point!"

Wait. Four moves - the bash the heads of two opponents together.

There.

The bad news for Hemsworth is that he is going to have to put on some massive mass. Hemsworth has the muscle...maybe he'll add some bulk that way, but he needs to add some fat (for lack of a better term). I don't recall ever seeing Hogan with ripped abs. Hogan was thick, not a lean muscle guy.

[scifisuperfan]

I wonder who will be playing the other iconic wrestlers such as Rowdy Roddy Piper, Sting, Yokozuna, Mr Perfect, Ultimate Warrior, Randy Savage Macho Man, HBK, Brutus, Bret Hart, Razor Ramon, Ric Flair...etc etc

[dgoswald]

Originally Posted by HockeySlasher

Hogan was thick, not a lean muscle guy.

Yes, in his early WWF days he was verging on soft bodied, but still considerably muscular. He was kind of lean during his early WCW days, particularly between '96-'98.



That's ^^^ probably the smallest he's ever been. Apparently, he was off the gear at this moment in time.

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Gosh, I hope we see a recreation of (or at least the lead-up to) the infamous promo below. Supposedly, they were both meant to have been off their heads on coke (the powder).

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[Gieferg]

I've been interested... for a while, before I've found out this is a Netflix production.

[scifisuperfan]

Originally Posted by Gieferg

I've been interested... for a while, before I've found out this is a Netflix production.

[HockeySlasher]

Originally Posted by scifisuperfan

I wonder who will be playing the other iconic wrestlers such as Rowdy Roddy Piper, Sting, Yokozuna, Mr Perfect, Ultimate Warrior, Randy Savage Macho Man, HBK, Brutus, Bret Hart, Razor Ramon, Ric Flair...etc etc

You forgot Andre... which they could get the Big Show I guess...

[bongozoid]

Originally Posted by scifisuperfan

I wonder who will be playing the other iconic wrestlers such as Rowdy Roddy Piper, Sting, Yokozuna, Mr Perfect, Ultimate Warrior, Randy Savage Macho Man, HBK, Brutus, Bret Hart, Razor Ramon, Ric Flair...etc etc

That will not only require money to said people for life-rights, but also WWE will want their cut for using the character names and so on.

Don't get your hopes up on seeing too many of them in there.

[Alhlan Ain Ajeeba]

Originally Posted by scifisuperfan

I wonder who will be playing the other iconic wrestlers such as Rowdy Roddy Piper, Sting, Yokozuna, Mr Perfect, Ultimate Warrior, Randy Savage Macho Man, HBK, Brutus, Bret Hart, Razor Ramon, Ric Flair...etc etc

I hate to say it,but from the wording in the 1st post,it only shows his rise to hulkamania. Which means that this movie will most likely stop with his 1st wwe title win with the shiek. So don't expect any of those legends you mentioned.