In 2019, Netflix announced a biopic on famous professional wrestler Hulk Hogan. However, the film, which was supposed to star Chris Hemsworth as a WWE Hall of Famer, never came to fruition.
While WWE fans were disappointed by the news, Hulk Hogan himself recently addressed the issue that ultimately led to the cancellation of the highly anticipated project.
During an appearance on the PBD podcast, Hogan explained, “They kind of lapse in the contract, yes,” when host Patrick Bate-David suggested that Netflix had made an error. “There was a payment that wasn’t made at the right time,” Hogan revealed, shedding light on the contractual mishap that derailed the film.
Despite the project’s failure, Hogan praised the script, describing it as “wonderful”. The screenplay was written by Scott Silver, a renowned writer best known for his work on films such as Joker and The Wolf of Wall Street. For those unfamiliar with Silver, his writing has been widely praised in Hollywood, and Hogan emphasized that Silver expressed confidence in the biopic’s script. According to Hogan, Silver told him, “It’s the best thing I’ve ever written.”
Hogan himself was impressed by the narrative and described it as “really good”.
He further noted that the script had a darker tone, and suggested that the film’s depth could have earned Chris Hemsworth an Oscar.
According to Hulk Hogan, the biopic was made after his transition to Hollywood Hogan – a key moment in his career that also focused on his departure from WWE for WCW. Hogan mentioned during the podcast that the film also had the potential for a sequel, suggesting that the story had enough depth and scope to grow from one project.
Talking about Chris Hemsworth, the actor recently impressed his fans by voicing the character of Optimus Prime in the action, science fiction film, Transformers One.
Along with the In the Heart of the Sea actors, the film also stars Brian Tyree Henry as Megatron and Josh Cooley as Skywarp.
Other big names who voiced the animated robots in the film were Scarlett Johansson as Alita-1, Jon Hamm as Sentinel Prime, Steve Buscemi as Starscream, Laurence Fishburne as Alpha Trion.
Keegan-Michael Key and Vanessa Liguori also joined the cast as Bumblebee and Airachnid, with Soundwave voiced by John Bailey and Jazz by Evan Michael Lee.
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