The movie about Hulk Hogan’s life starring Chris Hemsworth appears to not be happening.
Wrestling fans were eager in anticipation when it was first announced that a movie would be made about the legendary career of Hogan with the Hollywood star reportedly cast as the man himself. However, it looks like the project has been delayed for the foreseeable future.
Hulk Hogan was asked for an update on the movie while speaking with Chris Van Vliet. Hogan revealed that due to a “business glitch” involving Netflix, the rights to the movie have since moved on:
“Yes, I do [have an update]. So it was a situation where business-wise, Netflix kind of like missed the date, you know, as far as a business situation. And so I had the choice at that time to switch gears. Scott Silver wrote the script, you know, he wrote The Joker and a bunch of different movies. And of course, Todd Phillips has done the Joker Wolf of Wall Street and you know, whatever. All the crazy stuff that he did. But yeah, the script came back. It was amazing. I mean, because my favorite movies are like Scarface, The Godfather, True Romance, it was there, it was there. And I just thought, Whoa, but all of a sudden there was a business glitch, you know, and then they tried to fix it a few days later. And I’d already decided to move on. So, my life rights and stuff are somewhere else now. And there are a lot of things that are getting ready to happen. And hopefully, Todd Phillips and Chris Hemsworth will still want to play. But there’s still a huge opportunity there.”
Hogan is still hopeful that the movie will happen and revealed that the Hemsworth was always the first choice.
“Well, Chris [Hemsworth] was the one I always [wanted]. Even before we get into this. I said, if anybody ever played Hulk Hogan, I want to be Chris Hemsworth. You know, his birthday is the same day as mine. So we talked, I think once about the whole situation, he was all excited, because he told me he’d never played a real person before. [He said] Oh, my gosh, your life is so interesting. This is so crazy. This could be the biggest thing I’ve ever done. And yeah, and Scott Silver, the writer who wrote The Joker uses, this is the most amazing script I’ve ever written. So it’s powerful. It’s in a different place, but there will be an opportunity for everybody to regroup.”
News of the untitled project about the life of Hogan first began back in 2019.
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